Bobbi Kristina Brown is the only heir to the estate of her mother, renowned singer and actress Whitney Houston, but since being placed in a medically induced coma questions have arisen about who is next in line to inherit her fortune. Whitney Houston’s estate was estimated to be around $20…
This case centered on a dispute over the administration of a family trust as well as the interpretation of trust documents. Despite appealing the ruling, the defendant in the case violated court orders and, and the plaintiff moved to dismiss the appeal based on the rules within the disentitlement doctrine.…
In a time where social media accounts are part of your estate plan, figuring out what should happen to your accounts when you die is something that must be considered. The developers at Facebook have been dealing with this issue for years. Previously, they allowed for a basic memorialized account…
When a person dies, someone else must step up and close the estate. If that responsibility falls to you, as an executor you must identify all of the estate’s assets, pay off creditors, and distribute what is left to the heirs. However, an added responsibility as the executor is that…
Known and beloved as “Mr. Cub,” Ernie Banks began his career in baseball earning only seven dollars per day in the Negro Leagues, before coming to the Chicago Cubs and becoming one of the team’s all-time favorite players. After baseball, Ernie Banks continued a career in business and philanthropy, Mr.…
On January 17, President Obama proposed a new plan for the tax code that could have implications on estate planning. He proposed a revamp of the tax code that would include bumping up capital gains and dividend rates to 28%, treating bequests like realization events such as making beneficiaries pay…
An attorney claims that he has evidence that a panel of judge in the Panama Supreme Court were bribed into stripping him of control over a $150 million estate. The lawyer, Richard Lehman, says that he has an affidavit that proves that the foreign court illegally removed him from his…
In 1974, the Individual Retirement Account (IRA) was born, and since its inception more than 43 million Americans have created at least one IRA account for their retirement savings. Over the years the IRA has transformed greatly and has the potential to continue to evolve over the coming years. In…
The sales of firearms in the United States is rising, and for people who want to pass on their collection of guns to the next generation, estate planning has been particularly difficult. However, with the advent of the “gun trust” there is now a way to ensure that your collection…
Just like you would not attempt a do-it-yourself project around the house without the proper hardware tools, you should not go into retirement without the proper estate planning tools. This means that you need to have the right planning vehicles and strategies in place that will ensure that you are…