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In 2010, the Federal Estate Tax was repealed.  Then, it was brought back on December 17th of the same year.  Confused?  Join the club. The executor of an estate for a person dying in 2010 will have to file an estate tax...

Location, I am told, is a huge factor in determining the value of real estate.  Turns out, location can play a big factor in your estate tax bill as well. Under IRC §  2103, a nonresident, not a citizen of the United...

…Unless someone other than you knows that it exists.  I constantly remind my clients to keep their estate planning documents in a safe place, but not too safe.  Specifically, your executor and trustee will need to...

Asset Protection Nearly all of my clients are interested in “asset protection” in some form or the other.  In particular, they are concerned about protecting their home from creditors. ...

Many years ago, my high school English instructor liked to remind the class of the old saying, “If it was not for the last second rush, nothing would ever get done.” It was her way of teasing the procrastinators...

At the end of the day, a key goal of any estate plan is to make sure that the client's estate is distributed to the persons that they intended. Most of the time, those persons are their children and their grandchildren....

Ever since the Terri Schiavo case, the public has become increasingly aware of the need for advance health care directives. In fact, it's one of the first topics that many of my clients raise during our first meeting about...

INTENTIONALLY DEFECTIVE GRANTOR TRUSTS PROTECT ASSETS FROM ESTATE AND GIFT TAXES Highlights Cummins & White, LLP developed a plan to help the owner of a successful business protect more than $30 million from estate and...