Archive for February, 2009
Thursday, February 19th, 2009
Looting estates by using wills, trusts or guardianships to divert assets in a manner contrary to the known wishes of a decedent or disabled/incapacitated person is a growing trend. Cases occur in the U.S. and throughout the developed world. Australian businessman Diarmuid Hannigan wrote Lawyers or Grave Robbers? about an ...
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Wednesday, February 18th, 2009
What is an estate plan?It is an asset.This may surprise many of you. An estate plan is an asset? When we think of assets, we think of cars, boats, toasters, and bank accounts. Securities -- like stocks and bonds -- are also considered "assets." If we ...
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Tuesday, February 17th, 2009
Here are five such jump-overs of estate planning1. Leaving all your estate to your spouseIs your estate exceeds one million? Then this is certainly for you.Under present law, whatever you leave to your spouse is exempt of the Federal estate tax. In addition to this, ...
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