Protecting Your Parents from Undue Influence during Covid and Beyond

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...

Anderson Cooper is a Dad! Continues Vanderbilt Legacy.

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...

Another Estate Planning Lesson from Kobe Bryant

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...

Online Wills? When You Should, When You Shouldn’t and Where to Do It

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...

Estate Planning Lessons from Tiger King

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...

The Most Important Legal and Financial Actions To Take Right Now

by Trust Counsel | Mar 27, 2020 | Articles, Asset Protection, Estate Planning, Estate Tax, Family, Financial, Trusts, Wills

As you already know, the COVID-19 pandemic means nothing is business as usual. Many states have implemented a “shelter-in-place” order to limit the spread of the disease; however, if you are not in a place with such an order, or if your parents are not following it,...