by Leslie Marenco | Feb 12, 2021 | Asset Protection, Business Succession, Business/ Corporate Law, Case Law, Celebrity Estates, Estate Planning, Estate Tax, Family, Financial, Gift Tax, Guardianship, Health Care Directive, High Net Worth, Incapacity, Income Tax, Inheritance, Intellectual Property, IRAs / 401(k), IRS, Liens/Debt, Non - US Citizen, Non-Probate Asset
News icon Larry King recently passed away in the midst of his eighth divorce. We will remember his many memorable interviews and nearly as many trips to the altar. He brought the famous and influential into our homes for decades, and those interviews bridge eras and...
by Leslie Marenco | Feb 11, 2021 | Articles, Asset Protection, Business Succession, Business/ Corporate Law, Estate Planning, Family, Financial, Guardianship, Health Care Directive, Income Tax, Inheritance
This week’s pandemic guilty-pleasure television takes a more serious look at the butt of our collective joke: Britney Spears, her 2007 breakdown, and the decade-plus control her father has exercised over her life and finances thanks to a conservatorship proceeding....
by Leslie Marenco | Feb 5, 2021 | Articles, Asset Protection, Business/ Corporate Law, Estate Planning, Estate Tax, Family, Financial, Gift Tax, Guardianship, Health Care Directive, High Net Worth, Inheritance, Intellectual Property, Kids Protection Planning, Liens/Debt, Trusts, Wills
Within the past year, a combination of new legislation and the recent change of leadership in the White House and Congress stands to dramatically increase the income taxes your loved ones will have to pay on inherited retirement accounts as well as increasing the...
by Leslie Marenco | Jan 29, 2021 | Articles, Asset Protection, Business Succession, Business/ Corporate Law, Estate Planning, Estate Tax, Financial, Gift Tax, Health Care Directive, High Net Worth, Intellectual Property, Liens/Debt, Probate, Probate Litigation, Trusts, Wills
If you own a business, you almost certainly have intellectual property. However, because your intellectual property is intangible, it can be invisible to you and those who aren’t familiar with the nature of intellectual property and its value, so it often gets...
by Leslie Marenco | Jan 29, 2021 | Articles, Estate Planning, Family, Guardianship, Health Care Directive, Kids Protection Planning, Probate, Probate Litigation, Trusts, Vacation / Travel
Although you likely won’t need to have an entirely new estate plan prepared for you, upon relocating to another state, you should definitely have your existing plan reviewed by an estate planning lawyer who is familiar with your new home state’s laws. Each state has...
by Leslie Marenco | Jan 15, 2021 | Asset Protection, Business Succession, Business/ Corporate Law, Case Law, Celebrity Estates, Estate Planning, Estate Tax, Family, Financial, Guardianship, Health Care Directive, High Net Worth, Incapacity, Income Tax, Inheritance, Intellectual Property, IRAs / 401(k), IRS, Kids Protection Planning
With people living longer than ever before, more and more seniors require long-term healthcare services in nursing homes and assisted living facilities. However, such care is extremely expensive, especially when it’s needed for extended periods of time. Traditional...
