by Randy Coleman | Jun 17, 2014 | Asset Protection, Beneficiary Designations, Discretionary Trusts, Income Taxes, Individual Retirement Accounts, IRAs, Irrevocable Trusts, Retirement Accounts, Stand Alone Retirement Account Trusts |
In a unanimous opinion, the U.S. Supreme Court rules that funds held in an inherited individual retirement account (IRA) are not exempt from creditors in a bankruptcy proceeding because they are not retirement funds. Clark v. Rameker (U.S., No. 13-299, June 13, 2014)....
by Randy Coleman | May 15, 2014 | Asset Protection, Charging Order Protection, Domestic Asset Protection Trusts, Exemption Planning, Investor Fraud, Off Shore Trusts and Financial Accounts |
I have reprinted the following column by Jay Adkisson, the asset protection columnist for Forbes.com. He is one of the top asset protection commentators in the country and knows the asset protection business as well as anyone. If you need asset protection, or want...
by Randy Coleman | Dec 18, 2013 | Asset Protection, Disability Planning, Elder Care, Elder Law, Long Term Care, Medicaid Planning, Medicaid Qualified Irrevocable Income Only Trust, Nursing Homes, Qualified Income Trust |
As a law firm with our focus on elder law matters, estate planning, probate and trust administration, and related areas of the law, our lawyers participate in many forums to keep up to date with current developments in those areas of the law. One of those forums is a...
by Randy Coleman | May 3, 2013 | Annuities, Asset Protection, Charitable Lead Trusts, Charitable Planning, Charitable Remainder Trusts, Grantor Retained Annuity Trusts, Income Taxes, Individual Retirement Accounts, IRAs, Life Insurance Protection, Retirement Accounts, Retirement Planning, ROTH IRAs |
The American Taxpayer Relief Act of 2012 (which became law on January 2, 2013) made permanent the temporary estate/gift/generation-skipping transfer tax exemptions established in December 2010, increased the rate on non-exempt estates/gifts/generation-skipping...
by Randy Coleman | Apr 16, 2013 | Asset Protection, Beneficiary Designations, Charitable Planning, Durable Power of Attorney, Estate Planning, Health Care Power of Attorney, Individual Retirement Accounts, Probate, Retirement Planning, Revocable Living Trusts, Special Needs Trusts, Titling of Assets, Wills and Probate |
Did you know that April is National Financial Literacy Month? This is the perfect time to sit down with your loved ones to discuss your financial and estate planning objectives. To help you move the discussion forward, we would like to suggest three action...
by Randy Coleman | Mar 13, 2013 | Asset Protection, Beneficiary Designations, Estate Planning, Income Taxes, Individual Retirement Accounts, IRAs, Irrevocable Trusts, Retirement Accounts, Retirement Planning, Revocable Living Trusts |
Many people have large IRAs and retirement plan accounts and need special estate planning for these assets. A 2009 study by the Investment Company Institute found that retirement plans account for 34% of all household financial assets, up from 14% in 1978; IRAs alone...
