Estate Planning

WSJ Article on Estate Planning in Dire Times

By Jennifer Sawday

Click here to read a fascinating article on estate planning and why now is the time to do it.

It was a dark and stormy night... (oh, that's Snoopy, read the wiki on it here.)

The economy is a mess, home prices are reeling, and stocks have plunged. But for those likely to become ensnared in the estate tax, there's a silver lining: These troubled times offer some of the best opportunities in years to transfer wealth to younger generations, without triggering much or any inheritance tax along the way. Click here for the rest of the story.

Partner Mark Doyle in our Irvine office is the lead estate planning attorney for our firm and handles many of these complex issues on a routine basis for all of the firm's clients raised in the Wall Street Journal article linked in this post.

Full post as published by Estate Planning Practice Blog on October 21, 2008 (boomark / email).