by Randy Coleman | Nov 13, 2018 | Estate Planning, estate tax, Estate Taxes, Income Taxes, Retirement Planning, Trusts, Wills & Trusts Law, Wills and Probate |
What’s the impact of midterm elections and estate planning? Estate planning is meant to be an ongoing process, not a one-time transaction. In the same way that you never stop budgeting, saving, and investing as you go through life, it is also sensible to see...
by Randy Coleman | Aug 31, 2018 | Asset Protection, Disability Planning, Estate Planning, estate tax, Estate Taxes, No Will, Probate, Probate Law, Revocable Living Trusts, Wills and Probate |
According to court documents, legendary singer Aretha Franklin did not have a will when she died, despite reportedly having a son with special needs. The lack of a will opens up the intensely private singer’s estate to public scrutiny and unnecessary costs, and means...
by Randy Coleman | Jan 21, 2018 | Business Owners, Estate Planning, estate tax, Estate Taxes, Family Business, Florida Asset Protection, Income Taxes, Internal Revenue Service (IRS), Probate, Revocable Living Trusts, Small Business Law, Wills & Trusts Law |
The Tax Cut and Jobs Act (TCJA) is now officially law. Both the House and Senate passed the new tax reform bill in December with straight party-line votes and no support from Democrats. President Trump signed it into law right before Christmas. It is the first...
by Randy Coleman | Jun 2, 2016 | Estate Planning, estate tax, Estate Taxes, Income Taxes, Revocable Living Trusts, Uncategorized, Wills & Trusts Law |
A once-popular, and almost universally used, estate planning tool for those with estates subject to the estate tax, may now cost families more in taxes, income and estate, than it saves. Changes in the estate tax law have made the “by-pass trust” a less...
by Randy Coleman | Apr 29, 2016 | Estate Litigation, Estate Planning, Estate Taxes, Intestacy, No Will, Probate, Probate Law, Probate Litigation, Will Contests, Wills & Trusts Law, Wills and Probate |
The famed recording artist Prince died leaving an unknown fortune and possibly no will or estate plan to dictate what to do with that fortune. Prince’s sister, Tyka Nelson, told the probate court in the Minnesota county where Prince lived that her brother did...
by Randy Coleman | Mar 25, 2016 | Charitable Lead Trusts, Charitable Remainder Trusts, Discretionary Trusts, Domestic Asset Protection Trusts, Estate Planning, Estate Taxes, Grantor Retained Annuity Trusts, Irrevocable Trusts, Life Insurance Protection, Revocable Living Trusts, Special Needs Trusts, Spendthrift Trusts, Trusts |
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...
