Perhaps the most difficult questions our clients grapple with are those related to end of life decisions. Does your family know your wishes? Clients sometimes joke that if you don’t talk about it, it won’t […]
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Have you ever thought about how you want your remains to be treated or how you want to be memorialized after you pass away? What does your spouse prefer? Your children? Funeral, burial, cremation and […]
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A choice and a concern that many of our clients have is whether or not to donate their organs, and the topic is one we encourage our clients to research and to discuss with their […]
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Philip Seymour Hoffman, the talented though perhaps controversial actor, recently passed away due to a heroin overdose. His long term partner, Marianne O’Donnell, has filed his Last Will and Testament for probate in New York, and the […]
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Beneficiary designations, powers of attorney, and wills all need to be updated and revised after a divorce. We often meet with new clients who have been married for years, and as we discuss their estate […]
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In a recent Revenue Ruling, the IRS extended the deadline for the executor of an estate to elect portability on behalf of a surviving spouse. For those that need a refresher, the American Tax Payer Relief […]
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When it comes to estate planning, it seems that most people generally fall into one of four categories: (1) those who do no planning; (2) those who do some (often do-it-yourself) planning; and (3) those […]
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Two of the most frequently cited reasons for not having an estate plan are 1 – insufficient assets and 2 – not being old enough to need a plan. Sadly, this reasoning has caused many […]
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Recently the Supreme Court of the US rendered a decision in the case referred to as the Windsor case. Edith Windsor led the case against the United States after she was forced to pay over […]
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Recently the Supreme Court of the US rendered a decision in the case referred to as the Windsor case. Edith Windsor led the case against the United States after she was forced to pay over […]
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