Using an Intentionally Defective Trust to Avoid Common Estate Planning Problems

If you own a family business, you will eventually need to begin thinking about what your plans are for the... Read More

Life Insurance: A Tool in Building Your Estate Plan

Life insurance can provide more than just the comfort of knowing that your family will have money should something happen... Read More

If you have never heard of the estate tax but not the generation-skipping transfer (“GST”) tax you are not alone.... Read More

In order to understand the importance of anti-lapse, you must know what it means to say that a testamentary gift... Read More

For adult children with aging parents, the holidays are an excellent time to take a moment to think about your... Read More

The holidays are a time when many people take a moment to reflect on their values and spiritual beliefs. It’s... Read More

People in the United States tend to share a common belief that multiple generations of family should not live together.... Read More

If you have taken the time to create a will, the last thing you want is for that will to... Read More

Perhaps you’ve heard the recent, tragic story of a teenage boy and his parents that drowned in the waters near... Read More

For most of human history death occurred at a much younger average age than it does today. Because life was... Read More

Getting older is not easy. Our bodies decline, friends and loved ones die, and sometimes we even lose our ability... Read More

What is trust administration? It’s common to refer to running any trust as administering it. This means that when you... Read More