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Advanced Estate Planning (Estate Planning 102)
I usually think of estate planning as either basic or advanced (Estate Planning 101 and 102, as it were), and I spend most of my practice (and this blog) talking about the basics of estate planning...

Estate Planning: A Three-Step Strategy
What is Estate Planning? Many goals are accomplished through the estate planning process. The best definition for estate planning that we've discovered is "I want to plan for me to maintain control of my estate while I'm alive and well,...

Basic Estate Planning Tips for Practitioners
National Estate Planning Awareness Week is fast approaching (October 17-23), and it is an ideal time for attorneys and CPAs alike to encourage clients to think about estate planning...

Estate Planning, who needs it and why
California estate planning attorney Mina Sirkin has started a new blog called MomsRules.com. In a recent post, she talked about categories of people who need estate planning more than others: Estate Planning: Not only everyone needs it, but there are...

Know Your Estate Plan and the Tax Consequences of it
With the new estate tax laws that will soon be put in place, more Americans hard by the estate tax. However, there is more to estate planning than simple tax avoidance. Estate planning and Florida Estate Planning is about the...

2011 Update on Estate Planning
Gerry Beyer (Governor Preston E. Smith Regents Professor of Law, Texas Tech University School of Law) recently published his article entitled, 2011 Texas Estate Planning Legislative Update, Estate Planning Developments for Texas Professionals (Nov...

Estate Planning
Documents: durable power of attorney, living will, letter of instruction, and insurance trust

Real Estate Brokers
Questions home sellers should ask potential brokers

Real Estate Brokers
The role brokersplay

Wrestler Estate
Family of pro wrestler settle multi million dollar estate lawsuit.

Estate of Seth Tobias
$25 million estate to be split as part of settlement.

Estate Planners Face Elder Abuse Class Action
California Estate Planners Face Elder Abuse Class Action

Murphy City, TX
$255,000 settlement in controversial pedophile news program case.

Newspaper Employees
Chinese Daily News must pay $5.19 million class action settlement for failing to pay overtime.

Killer Heir
Estate of Fred Keller pays $40 million settlement.