With a nongrantor trust, the trust maker has given up all power over the trust and has no right to any of the trust’s accounts or property. In many circumstances, the trust maker may not even be a trust beneficiary.
Category Archives: Trusts
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Expressing your end-of-life wishes during a family meeting helps ensure that everyone stays on the same page when the time comes.
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The first step to protecting your artistic legacy is to catalog your artwork, including pieces you sold. Specify how much to sell each piece for. This information may aid artwork evaluation.
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If you live in one of the above states, the debts your spouse incurred during marriage become your debts. As a result, if you cannot repay an insolvent estate, the court could rule you responsible for repayment.
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Using a bypass trust is another way to avoid the estate tax. In this case, Meat Loaf could have created a trust to hold an amount equal to his unused individual lifetime exclusion amount ($12.06 million), with any excess passing to his wife either outright or through a marital trust, therefore bypassing estate tax liability.
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By the time he died, Meat Loaf had appeared in hundreds of TV shows, endearing himself to a younger generation with roles in Wayne’s World and Fight Club. He married twice, and had two children.
Estate Attorney, Estate Planning, Guardianship, Life Changes, Trusts
Update Estate Plans as often as a Resume?
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May
May
Is everything the same today as when you signed your will, trust agreement, and other estate planning documents? If not, then take steps to make sure your estate plan reflects those changes.
California Law, Estate Planning, Estates, Life Changes, Probate, Trusts
Time for an Estate Plan Checkup?
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Apr
Failure to take the time to craft an estate plan could leave the state where you reside at the time of your death in the driver’s seat. Laws in most states set forth how to apportion property.
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People overlook many of these tasks and responsibilities on a day-to-day basis. However, consider how much money or time you would need to complete them if the stay-at-home parent is unable?
Estate Planning, Guardianship, Heirs, Inheritance, Trusts
A Supplemental Needs Trust Protects Loved Ones
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Mar
Mar
Most people think disability affects other people. However, approximately 61 million U.S. adults live with a disability. That translates to one in four adults. What’s more, between one and four 20-year-olds become disabled before reaching retirement age.