by Trust Counsel | Jan 4, 2019 | Articles, Estate Planning, Family
It’s the middle of the night. The authorities just notified you that you have 20 minutes to evacuate your home before a raging wildfire cuts off the exit from your neighborhood, leaving you trapped. The fire is advancing at the rate of a football field every second,...
by Trust Counsel | Dec 14, 2018 | Articles, Asset Protection, Estate Planning, Financial, Trusts, Wills
In the first part of this series, we discussed the importance of including your digital assets in your estate plan. Here, we’ll talk about the best ways to get started with this process. Today, estate planning encompasses not just tangible property like finances and...
by Trust Counsel | Dec 13, 2018 | Articles, Asset Protection, Estate Planning, Estate Tax, Family, Trusts, Wills
Just as there is an “art” to collecting artwork, there is an “art” to addressing artwork in a person’s estate plan. The failure of properly planning for the disposition of an artwork collection upon the person’s death can be costly—both in terms of money and family...
by Trust Counsel | Dec 13, 2018 | Articles, Asset Protection, Estate Planning, Estate Tax, Family, Financial
Earlier this year, the renowned auction house known as Christie’s, staged the most significant charity auction in history: The Collection of Peggy and David Rockefeller. The result: all 1,500 lots sold for a total of $832.6 million—all of which were directed to causes...
by Trust Counsel | Dec 7, 2018 | Articles, Asset Protection, Estate Planning, Family, Trusts, Wills
If you’ve created an estate plan, it likely includes traditional wealth and assets like finances, real estate, personal property, and family heirlooms. But unless your plan also includes your digital assets, there’s a good chance this online property will be lost...
by Trust Counsel | Nov 29, 2018 | Articles, Asset Protection, Celebrity Estates, Estate Planning, Family, Financial, Trusts, Wills
Earlier this month, Stanley Martin Lieber, more famously known as Stan Lee, the comic book legend behind many of the characters in the Marvel universe, passed away at the age of 95. Though his creative genius helped him to pioneer the superhero comic industry, it did...
