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Far too many attorneys overcomplicate things, making topics convoluted and difficult to understand to the average person. This blog is committed to explaining legal planning topics in an easy to understand format, in plain English. Enjoy the blogs, and please let us know if there is a topic you would like covered.
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On one of my more popular YouTube videos, a subscriber asked 7 questions that were quite common and deserved a little more thought than just responding quickly in the comments. Here are the second three of the seven questions. Check out the full YouTube videos through the links provided below. Click...
On one of my more popular YouTube videos, a subscriber asked 7 questions that were quite common and deserved a little more thought than just responding quickly in the comments. Here are the first four of the 7 questions, and the next blog will cover the remaining three. Check out the full YouTube vi...
There has been a lot of buzz in the estate planning news world about a catastrophic revenue ruling by the IRS. Professional journals and news outlets are screaming about how the IRS is quietly taking away your precious tax breaks when it comes to irrevocable trusts. Clients, financial advisors, and ...
There are many ways to both benefit charities and save on taxes through good estate and financial planning for after you pass on. There are also a lot of tax techniques to benefit you and charities during your lifetime that can save tens or hundreds of thousands of dollars. However, there are also s...
Since I founded my law practice, I have consistently wanted to work with clients who preferred to plan ahead to avoid problems rather than clean them up after. This naturally led me to estate planning since using the right type of strategy and documents to avoid probate would have saved my grandmoth...
On Monday, July 31, 2023, the new book called The Divorce Firewall Strategy will be out and available to the public. As a planning attorney, I have devoted decades to helping client plan ahead through the effective use of trusts and other legal tools to give them and their loved ones the best chance...
For all of my clients and content consumers, thank you for your patience. In the last few months, a lot of time has been divided among the usual law firm work, creating content, the Advanced Institute estate planning conference next week, AND finishing the upcoming book The Divorce Firewall Strategy...
Providing information on planning ahead to avoid estate problems has been a hallmark of the law firm since it was founded more than 27 years ago. While many other firms simply responded to estate messes while "towing the company line" about estate planning with Wills, we were always at the forefront...
While I usually like to provide variety in blog topics, I have been on a deadline to put together the new book in time for a launch at a national conference. There just isn't time right now to divert attention away from the topic of protective planning against the financial downsides of a divorce. ...
Over the last few months, I have mentioned an upcoming book in a few places. As with my other books, this one will be about planning ahead to avoid problems before they ever come up. In this case, the book will show a much more effective way to avoid the downsides of divorce than a prenuptial agreem...
In researching the next book, there is no shortage of popular videos and comments decrying that premarital agreements don't work. There's typically a lot of comment screaming, sometimes in all caps, by a person who lost big in their own divorce. The fact is that prenups do work when done appropriate...
Can probate be avoided with the use of assets and account titled as joint tenancy with a right of survivorship? Yes, but when it comes to estate planning, it's not planning ahead the right way like with a revocable living trust.
Titling assets as joint with a right of survivorship is what I call on...
