by Leslie Marenco | Jul 4, 2014 | Articles, Kids Protection Planning
If you have young children, chances are that your summer activities include some careful planning to keep them safe from harm. Unfortunately, even with proper precautions in place, accidents do happen and not just to children. Have you planned for what will happen...
by Leslie Marenco | Jul 3, 2014 | Articles, Celebrity Estates, Estate Planning, Estate Tax, Trusts
Now you guys know (because you read by Newsletters and Blog, right?) that all of us Estate Planning Attorneys are tax nerds at heart so it should be no surprise that I would comment on this story. Estate Planning and tax saving techniques really do go hand in hand...
by Leslie Marenco | Jul 3, 2014 | Articles, Inheritance
Family feuds over inheritance are as old as the Bible (Jacob tricked his twin brother Esau out of his birthright and their father’s blessing), and they can multiply in blended families. There are ex-wives and ex-husbands, children and stepchildren, parents and...
by Leslie Marenco | Jun 27, 2014 | Articles, Inheritance, Trusts
Rock musician Sting recently announced that his children will not inherit his estimated $300 million fortune, saying that these riches are “albatrosses around their necks.”*** The product of a British working class background, Sting is currently one of England’s...
by Leslie Marenco | Jun 20, 2014 | Articles, Estate Planning
If you’re the parent of a high school graduate this year, congratulations! You’ve put in a lot of time and effort toward their earning that diploma, and whatever their next step in life will be, you likely want to protect them just as much as you did while they were...
by Leslie Marenco | Jun 13, 2014 | Articles, Estate Planning, Guardianship
Do you know what it takes to be a real man? Although the expectations of both men and women have evolved over the last few decades, there are still some fundamental characteristics that most people would agree constitute what it means to be a “real man.” At the top...