Taxation & Estate Planning

Estate Tax Hiatus Does Not Equate to a Hiatus for Estate Planners
The Trust Advisor Blog reports that despite the estate tax hiatus in 2010, estate planning attorneys are staying busy: Clients still need to plan for next year and beyond, when the estate tax will return...

The Importance of Estate Planning
It is important for every person to have a proper estate plan in place, but, for a number of reasons, people often have no estate plan at all or, if they have one, it is inadequate...

Preventing Future Challenges To Your Estate Plan
When developing your estate plan, it is important to recognize the possibility that, after your death, that plan could be challenged by those who expected more favorable treatment from you under your Last Will and Testament...

Don't Delay Reviewing Estate Plans
Yes, these are times of financial uncertainty and difficulty for many of us, and federal estate law is likely to change sometime later this year, but not reviewing and possibly revising one's estate plan now can be a big mistake...

Please, Sit Down and Plan Your Estate
Forbes recently published yet another article urging readers to "sit down and plan their estate." Heidi Brown, Your Go-To Guide to Estate Planning, Forbes, Sept. 9, 2009. The article points out that in addition to providing peace of mind, estate...

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,...

Real Estate Brokers
Questions home sellers should ask potential brokers

Real Estate Brokers
The role brokersplay

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

Traditional and Roth 401Ks
Selecting the right Retirement Plan

H&R Block Retirement Plan Fraud
How to Join Class Action Suit

Pre-paid Leagal Services
What are Prepaid Legal Benefit Plans

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

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

82 Year Old
Awarded $6 Million in SJS Lawsuit

Chicago Golf Course
101 Year Old Owner Must Get $25 Million for Property