How to Protect Your Heirs and Your Legacy from Bad Decisions and Outside Influences Estate planning is an important and everlasting gift you can give your family. And setting up a smooth inheritance to protect your heirs isn’t as hard as you might think. –...
Considering the myriad types of trusts available, creating an estate plan that works for your individual circumstances can seem daunting. However, that’s what we, as estate planning attorneys, do every day. We know the applicable laws, we learn about your own...
A will or trust contest can derail your final wishes, rapidly deplete your estate, and tear your loved ones apart. Unfortunately, we have the opportunity to observe such contests on a regular basis, and even among families where no one expected there would be any...
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)....
At The Coleman Law Firm, we take great pride in our service to clients with special needs family members. To deepen our knowledge and steep our expertise, I recently attended a Special Needs Planning Immersion Camp in Scottsdale, Arizona. Surrounded by dozens of the...
A couple of days ago I received an email from a realtor who I recently met who had a question about estate planning. Her question was: What level of assets do your clients need to own before your services benefit them? After I responded to her question, she told me...
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