by Leslie Marenco | Jan 8, 2015 | Articles, Asset Protection, Business/ Corporate Law, Estate Tax, Income Tax, Inheritance, IRS, Non - US Citizen, Probate, Real Property / Real Estate
Many individuals who live outside of the U.S. like to purchase real estate in America or invest in the U.S. Stock Market. It can be much safer than in investing in other parts of the world and often times the individual has children who have moved to America to live...
by Leslie Marenco | Oct 27, 2014 | Articles, Asset Protection, Estate Planning, Non-Probate Asset, Probate
Many people see joint accounts as a cheap and easy way to avoid probate, since joint property passes to the join owner at death, but these accounts can actually be quite risky when it comes to estate planning. Joint ownership of accounts can be a great way to easily...
by Leslie Marenco | Aug 10, 2014 | Articles, Celebrity Estates, Estate Planning, Estate Tax, High Net Worth, Probate, Wills
James Gandolfini, who won three Emmy awards portraying mob-boss Tony Soprano for eight years on HBO’s The Sopranos, died on June 19th, 2013 in a very unexpected manner. That day, he was touring Rome with his 13-year old son, Michael, when he suffered the sudden and...
by Leslie Marenco | Aug 1, 2014 | Articles, Probate, Probate Litigation
Some people claim that FLORIDA is a “probate friendly” state and therefore, families don’t need to avoid probate. I’ve even heard some lawyers (that clearly don’t practice in the area of Estate Planning) say that because Florida has adopted the Uniform Probate...
by Leslie Marenco | May 2, 2014 | Articles, Estate Planning, Estate Tax, Health Care Directive, Kids Protection Planning, Probate, Special Needs Planning, Trusts, Wills
Many people fail to create an estate plan because they don’t truly understand what is involved and therefore believe it is too complicated. But the real truth is that creating an estate plan during your lifetime is far less complicated than what your family will deal...
