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The New Rules to International Estate Planning
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Foreign Pension Plan Contribution and Taxation
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Financial Capacity the Key to Avoiding Probate Controversy
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FAPT vs. DAPT: The Comparative Advantages of Trust Asset Protections
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Estate Enrichment from Wrongful Death Compensation
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Military Pension Apportionment and Divorce
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How Significant is the Initial Hearing of a Contested Will?
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Recent Changes to Internal Revenue Service AFRs for Gifts and Estates
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Avoiding Probate in New York
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The Tax-exempt Benefits of Spousal Rollover IRAs
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Research Shows Link Between Anxiety in Middle Age and Dementia Later in Life
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How Will the New Tax Bill Impact Older Americans?
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Analysis Suggests Medicare Prices Could Skyrocket 200 Percent for Some Retirees
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More Nursing Homes Becoming Pet Friendly
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States Worried that Association Health Plans Could Lead to Fraud
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Report Shows Social Security Assets will Face Massive Funding Deficit in 2022
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Seniors Paying More for Generic Drugs Despite Steady Prices
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Federal Regulators Issue Warning on Antipsychotic Drug Used in Nursing Homes
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Survey Shows Family Caregivers Strained by Duties
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Tax Law Overhaul Lead to Substantial Employer Pension Contributions in 2017
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University Poll Shows Elders are Slow to Use Health Care Provider’s Online Access Portals
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Proposed Bills Could Help Americans Save for Their Retirement
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Intellectual Property and Estate Planning
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What are the Legal Rules to Estate Investment Robo-advisory Services?
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The Law of Incapacitated Parties and Probate
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Doctrine of Revocation: Estate planning and the Rules to Spousal Inheritance Post-divorce in New York
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How ERISA Rules Protect your Estate from Attachment
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Estate Bitcoin Assets Taxable End to “Like Kind Exchange”
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What Happens When a Wrongful Death or Survival Action is Filed on Behalf of a Decedent’s Estate?
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How the Uniform Disposition of Community Property Rights at Death Act Affects Spousal Maintenance
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Estate Planning to Protect Partnership Assets from Taxation
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“No Will” Probate Intestate Succession in New York
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Consequences of Decedent Debt in a Probate Matter
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Regulators Investigating Nursing Homes for Unjustified Evictions
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Important First Steps for Executors Filing a Will in Probate Court
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Government Accountability Office Report Says Evaluations on CMS Experiments are Incomplete
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Study Suggest creating a “Bucket List” Can Help with End of Life Care Decisions
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Checklist for Reviewing Your Estate Plan
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Turning Down an Inheritance
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The Role of a Trust Protector
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Planning for Incapacity
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Talking to Your Spouse About Estate Planning
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Potential Changes for Retirees Could Mean Changes for Your Estate Plan
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Stepmothers and Estate Plans
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Late-In-Life Divorce Challenges and Your Estate Plan
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Life Insurance and the Estate Tax
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Preventing Disagreements from Unraveling Your Estate Plan
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Warning Signs of Disagreements Over Your Estate Plan
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The Importance of Business Succession Plans
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Addressing College Costs in Your Estate Plan
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Choosing an Estate Planning Attorney
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Royalties and Estate Planning
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The Basics of Selling Inheriting Real Estate
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Understanding the Inheritance Tax
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Divorce and Planning Ahead
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Understanding ABLE Accounts
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New Year, New Approach to Estate Planning
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College Savings Plans and Estate Planning
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Loans to Family Members Can Affect Your Estate
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The Role of a Second-to-Die Life Insurance Policy
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The Importance of Domicile on Estate Planning: Avoiding Double Taxation
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Financial Risks to Your Estate
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Estate Planning Is for Everyone
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Estate Planning and Funeral Arrangements
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Debt and Estate Planning
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Exploring Medicaid Trusts
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Trusts as Retirement Account Beneficiaries
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Estate Planning and Addiction
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Basic Steps in Creating a Trust: Part Two
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Basic Steps in Creating a Trust: Part One
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Asset Transfers from Trusts Abroad
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Understanding Survivor Benefits
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Do All Trusts Avoid Probate?
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The Impact of Tax Cuts on Estate Planning
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Smaller Inheritances on the Horizon?
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Financial Mistakes Made Now Could Significantly Impact Your Estate Plan
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Charitable Giving and Estate Planning
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Accessing Safe Deposit Boxes
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Kinship Law in New York
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Increased Medicare B Costs May Consume More of Social Security Adjustments
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Estate Planning for Young Families
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The Importance of Digital Assets in Estate Plans
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Common Myths About Estate Planning
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Three Estate Planning Tips for Blended Families
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Understanding Holographic Wills
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Missteps with Retirement Withdrawals May Significantly Impact Your Estate Plan
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Unique Estate Planning Concerns for Women
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Understanding Required Minimum Distributions
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Rising Healthcare Costs Could Impact Your Estate Plan
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Wealth Advisors and Estate Planning
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Important Reminders When Planning for Your Pets
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Tips for Sharing Your Estate Plan with Family
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Tips on Talking to Parents About Inheritances
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Roth IRAs and Your Heirs’ Taxes
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Estate Planning Concerns for Same-Sex Couples
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Preventing Undue Influence in a Will
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Estate Planning and Prenuptial Agreements
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Potential Issues with Joint Bank Accounts
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Estate Planning and Identity Theft
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Benefits of an Irrevocable Trust
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Recognizing a Fraudulent Will: Part Two
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Recognizing a Fraudulent Will: Part One
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Trusts Are More Accessible Than You Might Think
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Important Steps to Take After a Loss: Part 2 – Within Six Months
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Important Steps to Take After a Loss: Part 1 – Immediately
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529 College Savings Plans and Estate Planning
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Estate Planning for Your Pets
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Do Not Forget Yourself in Your Estate Plan
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Medicaid and Estate Planning
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Tips for Choosing the Right Executor or Trustee
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Micro-Living and Your Estate Plan
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Limitations of Life Insurance
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Basics of International Wills
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The Basics – Understanding Dynasty Trusts
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Estate Planning and Foreign Assets
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The Importance of Flexibility in Estate Planning
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New York Voluntary Administration
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Improving the Impact of Wealth Transfers
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Are Trusts Useful Without the Estate Tax?
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Estate Plans for Unmarried Couples
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Estate Planning for Incapacity
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Avoiding Claims of Undue Influence
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Estate Planning and Retiring Abroad
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Tips for Planning End-of-Life Care
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Estate Planning When You Do Not Have Children
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Choosing the Right Beneficiaries
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Empowering Your Power of Attorney
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IRA Trusts as a Protective Measure
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Non-Spouse IRA Inheritance
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Anticipating Tax Reform with Your Estate Planning Strategies
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The Difference Between a Trust and Payable on Death
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Estate Planning and Online Accounts
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Biggest Mistakes in Estate Planning: Part III
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Biggest Mistakes in Estate Planning: Part II
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Biggest Mistakes in Estate Planning: Part I
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Owning Property Outside of a Trust Can Be Dangerous
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Preserving Real Estate Assets for Your Heirs
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Does a Crummey Trust Have a Place in Your Estate Plan?
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Tips When Considering Estate Planning
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Tips for Avoiding a Will Contest
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Removing a Trustee in New York
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Roth IRAs and Estate Planning
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Estate Planning and Buy-Sell Agreements for Your Business
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Tips for Selecting a Guardian for Minor Children
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Estate Planning and Private Annuities
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Changes to the Estate Tax Lien Process
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Understanding Donor Advised Funds
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Long-Term Care Insurance and Estate Planning
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Estate Planning and Debt
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Fives Ways to Protect Your Estate Plan
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Don’t Discount Social Security in Estate Planning
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Estate Tax Portability Elections and Extensions
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Beneficiary Forms and Estate Planning
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Millennials and Estate Planning
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Business Ownership and Estate Planning: Recapitalization
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Creating a New York Health Care Proxy
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How Does it Work – Funeral Planning
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Estate Planning Reminder – Planning for Pets
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GRATs and GRUTs
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Protecting Your Assets from Creditors
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Navigating Special Needs Trusts
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Estate Planning and Intellectual Property
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Donating Real Estate to Charity
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Understanding the Law – Relocating a Trust
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Thinking Ahead: Taking Estate Planning Seriously
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What Happens to Your IRA When You Pass Away?
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Tips to Minimize Fighting Over Your Estate Plan
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The Role of Trusts for Foreign Parents of U.S. Children
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When Equal Estate Distribution Isn’t Necessarily Fair
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Digital Property and Estate Planning
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Seven Estate Planning Actions to Consider Taking This Year
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Differences Between a Living Will and Healthcare Proxy
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Common Ways to Transfer Property After Death
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The Role of the Executor
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Fixing a Broken Trust
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Including Asset Protection Clauses in Your Estate Plan
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The Basics of a Revocable Trust
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Follow-up Care for Your Estate Plan
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Back to the Basics – New York Intestate Succession
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Potential Changes to the Federal Estate Tax and What They Could Mean for You
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Important Estate Planning Considerations for Business Owners
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Are You Subject to the Estate and/or Gift Tax?
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Life Estates and the Generation-Skipping Transfer Tax
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Important Reasons to Revise Your Estate Plan
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Changes in Retirement Could Mean Changes to Your Estate Plan
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Social Security and Your Estate
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Protecting Yourself from Elder Financial Abuse
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Back to the Basics – Pet Trusts
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Three Common Dangers of Do-It-Yourself Wills
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Back to the Basics – Probate and Non-Probate Assets
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Common Reasons to Contest a Will
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Exploring Legacy Planning
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Medicaid & New Healthcare Plans
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The Federal Reserve Raises Rates – What It Will Affect?
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Company Claims to Sell Social Security Numbers
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Can Elderly Parents Be Claimed as Dependents?
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The Charitable Estate: Charitable Remainder Trusts
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The Charitable Estate: Lifetime Giving
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The Charitable Estate: Qualified Funds While During Your Lifetime
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Tax Identification Numbers For Trusts
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Here Comes the Estate Plan – Estate Planning For Newlyweds
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Executors, Trustees and Powers of Attorney: Blessing or Curse?
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The Pros and Cons of Adding Your Adult Child to Your Bank Account
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The Impact of Long Term Care, Caregivers and Your Aging Parent’s Estate
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Estate Planning and Longevity
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Choosing the Right Estate Planning Attorney for You
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Making Your Estate Plan Your Own
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Inheriting Partial Ownership
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Inheriting IRAs: A Legacy Full of Potential Pitfalls
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What’s In a Name: Choosing a Name for Your Trust
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Back to Basics: Estate Planning Vocabulary
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Female Focused Estate Planning: Long-Term Care
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Estate Planning for the Single & Childless
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Estate Planning & Financially Dependent Adult Children
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Female Focused Estate Planning: Distributing Assets
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Female Focused Estate Planning: Parental Plans
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Back to Basics: How to Include Health Care in Your Estate Plan
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Back To Basics: Steps To Take Following The Death Of A Loved One
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The Insolvent New York Estate
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What Assets Go Through Probate In New York?
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IRS Allows Trust Modification Without Forfeiting Exemption
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The Danger of Unrestricted Bequests and Gifts
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IRS Rules Now Reflect Updated Same Sex Marriage Rulings
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What You Need To Know About Multinational Estate Planning
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Estate Planning – Learning From Gene Wilder
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Planning Your Marriage And Estate Starts With A Prenuptial Agreement
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Back to Basics: Your First Estate Planning Meeting
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Future Federal Estate Tax May Look Different Depending On Our Next President
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Ademption: A Stumbling Block To Your Estate Plan
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Back To Basics: Preventing Will Contests
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Keeping Your Life and Assets Private
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Qualifying Your Charitable Remainder Annuity Trust
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Understanding Testamentary Capacity Under New York Law
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Estate Planning Under 40: Why You Need It
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Protecting Assets From Previous Marriages And Yourself
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Life Insurance and Business Succession Planning
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No One’s Favorite Inheritance
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IRS Proposal To Overturn Common Asset Valuation Planning Met With Fierce Resistance
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Back To Basics: Witnesses and Your Will
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Springing and Durable Powers of Attorney
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The Rapidly Disappearing Inheritance
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The Power To Establish A New Domicile
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Estate Plan or Wealth Transfer Plan?
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Highs or Lows: Which is Best When Valuing Art and Collectibles?
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Determining Incapacity in New York
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Planning For Your Fluffiest Assets
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Back To Basics: Where To Keep Your Estate Plan
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Gifts to the Dead in New York: Are They Still Effective?
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What Happens if my Beneficiary Turns Down My Bequest?
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Disinheriting Your Spouse? Not So Under New York Law
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Understanding Joint Ownership with Rights of Survivorship
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Revoking Your New York Will
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Prince’s Estate Slowly Rolls Forward
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Back to Basics: Funeral Instructions as Part of Your Estate Plan
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Protecting Those in New York Nursing Homes from Elder Abuse in their Autumn Years
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Ensuring Your Special Needs Trust Stays a Special Needs Trust
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Float like a Butterfly, Sting like a Contested Estate: Muhammad Ali’s Unhappy Heirs
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Back to Basics: Deciding Who Will Inherit from Your Estate
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Hollywood Tragedy: A Life Lost Unexpectedly
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Keep It Close or Outsource It: New York Corporate Trustees
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Back to Basics: Discussing Death and Your Estate In New York
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Family Feud Forever: Dr. King’s Family Squabbles Continue
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Prince’s Possible Progenies
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What’s In a Name? Publicity Rights of Deceased Celebrities
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Back to Basics: No Contest Clause in New York Wills
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New York’s Family Health Care Decisions Act
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PROTECTING YOUR INDIVIDUAL RETIREMENT ACCOUNT FROM CREDITORS
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PROPOSALS TO LIMIT THE GENERATION SKIPPING TRANSFER TAX EXEMPTION
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BACK TO THE BASICS – HOW TO BE AN EXECUTOR
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WHAT DOCUMENTS TO KEEP AND WHAT TO SHRED
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HOW TO HELP YOUR EXECUTOR
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DYNASTY TRUST REEXAMINED
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BACK TO THE BASICS – MEDICAID PENALTY PERIOD
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AMERICAN BANKERS ASSOCIATION – SAFE BANKING FOR SENIORS
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DIGITAL ACCOUNTS AND PLANNING
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ANOTHER CELEBRITY PASSES WITHOUT A WILL
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NEW YORK’S INTESTACY LAWS
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NEW IRS FORM TO REPORT BASIS
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CREDITORS OF AN ESTATE
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ESTATE PLANNING FOR THE NEVER MARRIED
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Updated:
SELF CANCELLING INSTALLMENT NOTE
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MORE ON ESTATE PLANNING FOR THE FARMER
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WILL DOES NOT REVOKE PREVIOUS TRANSFER OF PROPERTY TO TRUST
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WHAT IS TESTAMENTARY CAPACITY
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SPLIT ANNUITY FOR ESTATE PLANNING
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REQUIRED MINIMUM DISTRIBUTION
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JOINT SPOUSAL TRUST
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ESTATE PLANNING FOR NEW YORK’S ESTATE TAX
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HOW TO ASSURE AN ESTATE BATTLE
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UNDUE INFLUENCE IN PROBATE
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WHAT IS A CRUMMEY TRUST
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GENERATION SKIPPING TRANSFER TAX
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REASONS FOR LEAVING AN IRA TO A TRUST VERSUS IN A WILL
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TAXATION OF TRUSTS
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THE CLAT – STRANGE NAME, GREAT PLAN
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GUN TRUSTS: PROPER AND LEGAL TRANSFER OF FIREARMS
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UNDERSTANDING THE SUPERFUND A 529 ACCOUNT
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LAND TRUSTS AS PART OF ESTATE PLANNING
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ESTATE PLANNING FOR THE ARTIST
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MONEY IN IRA MAY BE LEFT DIRECTLY TO HEIRS OR TO TRUSTS
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ABC TRUST PLANNING – WILL IT BE A BURDEN?
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IRS ART ADVISORY PANEL
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ESTATE PLANNING FOR FAMILY OWNED FARMS
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TRUST MODIFICATION IN NEW YORK
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WRONGFUL DEATH LAWSUIT AS PART OF PROBATE ESTATE
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WHAT HAPPENS IF MY HEIRS OR BENEFICIARIES PASS AWAY AT THE SAME TIME AS ME?
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WHAT HAPPENS IN MY HEIR PASSES AWAY BEFORE ME?
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INHERITANCE RIGHTS OF ADOPTIVE CHILDREN
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THE GRAT – GRANTOR RETAINED ANNUITY TRUST – NOT JUST A TOOL FOR THE UBER WEALTHY
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GENERATION SKIPPING TRANSFER TAX
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UNDERSTANDING HEALTH SAVINGS ACCOUNTS
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NOT JUST ANOTHER CELEBRITY ESTATE
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INHERITING A ROTH IRA ACCOUNT
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BACK TO THE BASICS – INHERITING AN IRA
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HOW TO WRAP UP THE AFFAIRS OF A SPECIAL NEEDS TRUST?
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UNDERSTANDING CELEBRITY BONDS
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DEAD IN ABSENTIA LAWS
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FEDERAL COURT EXCEPTION TO PROBATE JURISDICTION
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ARBITRATION CLAUSES IN WILL OR TRUST
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PLANNING FOR MARRIED MEDICAID APPLICANT’S COMMUNITY SPOUSE – COMMUNITY SPOUSE INCOME
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BACK TO BASICS: WRAP AROUND PLAN FOR ALL CONTINGENCIES – ADVANCED MEDICAL DIRECTIVES
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SINGLE PARENT ESTATE PLANNING – STANDBY GUARDIANSHIP SUBSTITUTE FOR CUSTODY ORDER
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INTENTIONALLY DEFECTIVE GRANTOR TRUSTS ARE ANYTHING BUT BUSTED OBJECTIVES OF THE TRUST
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DISINHERITED HEIRS NOT ALWAYS A SURPRISE
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EQUITABLE ADOPTION IN INTESTACY CASES ALL BUT THE ORDER SIGNED
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PRETERMITTED OR OMITTED CHILDREN NOT ADDRESSED IN A WILL
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LET GO OF MY INHERITANCE – INTERFERENCE WITH AN EXPECTANCY
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PROBATE OF VACATION HOMES AND PROPERTY OUTSIDE STATE
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HOW REVOCABLE IS MY IRREVOCABLE TRUST
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ESTATE PROPERTY INCLUDES TAX RETURNS DUE
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INVALIDATING A WILL
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BACK TO THE BASICS – SPECIAL NEEDS TRUSTS
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INHERITING A LEASE
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ANTICIPATED CHANGES IN IRS RULES REGARDING FAMILY BUSINESS VALUATIONS
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INHERITANCE RIGHTS OF POSTHUMOUSLY CONCEIVED CHILDREN
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ESTATE TAX CARRYOVER FOR SURVIVING SPOUSE
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QUALIFIED TERMINABLE INTEREST PROPERTY TRUST
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DISCRETIONARY TRUSTS
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ASSUMPTION OF POTENTIAL TAX LIABILITY MAY AFFECT ESTATE PLANNING
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WHAT DOES THE DEPARTMENT OF LABOR HAVE TO DO WITH MY RETIREMENT?
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WHEN YOUR ATTORNEY IS A POTENTIAL WITNESS IN SURROGATE COURT
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FINE ART, ANTIQUES AND OTHER COLLECTIBLES IN ESTATE PLANNING
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PLANNING FOR YOUR PETS IN YOUR ESTATE
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ADULT ADOPTION FOR ESTATE PLANNING
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LACKING IN MENTAL CAPACITY AND FAMILY, WHO DECIDES
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WHAT OF MY ESTATE PLANNING IF MOVE TO ANOTHER JURISDICTION?
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CAN AN HEIR BORROW AGAINST INHERITANCE?
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INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY IN ESTATE PLANNING
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Back to the Basics – Probate Administration
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Updated:
Power of Attorney Should Complement Your Will
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Back to the Basics – Wills and the Blended Family
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Using Beneficiaries as Part of Your Estate Plan – Part II: Considerations
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Using Beneficiaries as Part of Your Estate Plan – Part I: Overview
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Planning for the Succession of Your Small Business
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Updated:
Basics of Special Needs Trusts
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Distributions from Special Needs Trusts
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Updated:
Planning for the New York Estate Tax
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Updated:
Back to the Basics – Demystifying Probate
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Establishing a Charitable Trust as Part of Your Estate Plan
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Issues to Consider When Giving an Early Inheritance
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Dealing with Personal Property in Your Estate Plan
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Making College Savings a Part of Your Estate Plan
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Back to the Basics – Avoiding Disputes Over Your Estate
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Now That You’re Dead, Don’t Forget to do Your Taxes
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Dealing With Lost Wills
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Several States Take the Lead on the Secure Choice Pension Initiative
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Multi-State Probate: What, Why & How?
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Is a Spendthrift Trust for Me?
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Updated:
Things to Consider When the Kids Turn 18
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Court Says Breach of Contract to Create Will is a Statutory Probate Claim
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Preserving Your Virtual Legacy: Part 2 (Accounts & Memberships)
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Preserving Your Virtual Legacy: Part 1 (Social Media)
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3 Reasons Why Your Attorney Absolutely Loves Legal Zoom
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Aging Gay: LGBT Estate Planning Post-DOMA
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Probate is Not a Dirty Word
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Estate Planning for Multi-Generational Households
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Is a Pet Trust Right for You?
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Divorce vs. Disinherit: Beware the Elective Share
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Duke of Earl Involved in Long Probate Battle Over Alleged Fraud and Undue Influence
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Why Consider a Special Needs Trust?
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Joint Accounts are no Substitute for Quality Estate Planning – Part 2
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Joint Accounts are no Substitute for Quality Estate Planning – Part 1
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How NOT to Avoid Estate Taxes: The Scholarship that wasn’t a Scholarship
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FINRA Issues New Alert for Estate Planning
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Estate Planning for Singles
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Causes of B.B. King Estate Battle
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Generation X in No Hurry to Retire
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SEC to Review Retirement Advice
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Court Rules on Whether to Revoke Will
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Casey Kasem’s Daughter Fights for Guardianship Laws
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Fiduciaries Cannot Transfer Real Property to Self
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Court Approves Easy Probate Avoidance
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Back to the Basics – Moving after Retirement
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Annuity Alternative for Estate Planning
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Court Rules on Statutory Shares of an Estate
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Court Decides on Probating a Copy of a Will
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Altering the Irrevocable Trust
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The Correct Way to Handle an Inheritance
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Updated:
Home Property Transfers to Children
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Fixing a Faulty Estate Plan
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Power of Attorney Capabilities
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Trust Beneficiary Case Reversed
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Slayer Statutes and Inheritance
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Virtual Representation of Minors and Beneficiaries
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Estate Planning Mistakes of Farmers and Ranchers
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Federal Government Looks to Restrict GRATs
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Long-Term Estate Planning Requires Flexibility
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Estate Tax Planning Avoids Liquidation of Estate
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Who Owns the Art?
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Being Fair in Estate Planning is Not Always Equal
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Checklist for Estate Planning Documents
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Coming Trends in Long-Term Care Insurance
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Estate Planning Tips for Newlyweds
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Estate Planning Tips for U.S. Expatriates
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Removing Roth IRA Limits with 401(k) Contributions
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Woman Admits to Digging Up Father’s Grave Searching for “Real Will”
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Court Rules Payable-on-Death Accounts Not Part of Estate
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Estate Planning Tips Before and After a Loved One’s Death, Pt. 1
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Repeal of Federal Estate Tax Gaining Traction
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Issues to Consider with IRAs
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How to Reduce Taxes and Pass On Values
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Court Rules on Inter Vivos Gift
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Steps for a Financially Secure Retirement
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Mentally Ill Man Kills Mother and Still Wants Inheritance
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When Heirs Fight Over Sentimental Assets
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Court Rules on Proper Interpretation of Will
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Robin Williams’ Wife and Children Fighting Over Estate
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Money Moves to Help You Leave a Legacy
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Who Will Inherit Whitney Houston’s Estate?
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Court Applies Disentitlement Doctrine in Estate Lawsuit
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Social Media Estate Planning: Adding a Facebook Legacy Contact
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Tax Issues to Consider When Closing an Estate
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Ernie Banks’ Caregiver Claims to be Sole Heir
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