by Trust Counsel | May 13, 2020 | Articles, Celebrity Estates, Estate Planning, Estate Tax, Financial
Rising to fame in the founding decades of rock and roll, the story of Little Richard is a true rags-to-riches tale. Little Richard went from washing dishes for a living to a world-famous celebrity, inspiring millions of fans and generations of future musicians and...
by Trust Counsel | May 4, 2020 | Articles, Estate Tax, Family, Health Care Directive
In a previous article, we shared steps to understanding your parents’ estate planning and the nature of their assets, as well as how to ensure you’re not left with a mess when something happens to them. Today, we want to focus on one of the major risks of not being...
by Trust Counsel | May 1, 2020 | Articles, Asset Protection, Celebrity Estates, Estate Planning, Estate Tax, Trusts, Wills
Anderson Cooper announced the birth of his son, Wyatt, Thursday evening on his show and in a lengthy Instagram post. His son was born on Monday via a surrogate and is named after his father who died when Cooper was 10. Cooper said he regretted that his parents and...
by Trust Counsel | Apr 22, 2020 | Articles, Asset Protection, Celebrity Estates, Estate Planning, Estate Tax, Family, Trusts, Wills
We initially wrote a piece on Kobe on our blog – you can check it out here: https://trustcounsel.com/2020/02/nba-superstar-kobe-bryants-estate-plan/ Honestly, I did not follow Kobe Bryant during his lifetime. I knew of him and knew of his career but nothing more than...
by Trust Counsel | Apr 17, 2020 | Articles, Asset Protection, Estate Planning, Estate Tax, Trusts, Wills
With all of the media about “digital wills” and “online estate planning” it could be tempting to think you can do your estate planning yourself, online. And, maybe you can. But, if you do, you need to know the potential pitfalls. Online estate planning could be a big...
by Trust Counsel | Apr 9, 2020 | Articles, Asset Protection, Celebrity Estates, Estate Planning, Estate Tax, Family, Financial, Trusts, Wills
The world has gone wild for the Netflix series Tiger King: Murder, Mayhem, and Madness. And for good reason: the show has an eccentric zoo owner named Joe Exotic, animal activist Carole Baskin, tigers, murderous plots, mystery disappearances, and more. In fact, the...