by Leslie Marenco | Oct 3, 2014 | Articles, Estate Planning, Gift Tax, Trusts
If you have grandchildren – or are getting ready to welcome one like political power couple Bill and Hillary Clinton – you know the special joy they bring. After all, you can now leave all the heavy lifting to the parents and just enjoy connecting with...
by Leslie Marenco | Sep 11, 2014 | Articles, Asset Protection, Trusts
If there was ever a Catch-22 situation for business owners, it is this: most do not take the necessary legal steps to protect their personal wealth until it is threatened by creditors or litigants – and by then, it’s too late to implement effective asset protection...
by Leslie Marenco | Sep 5, 2014 | Articles, Trusts, Uncategorized
You bring your children into the world with love. You raise them with love. If you’re going all the way as a parent, you also create an estate plan to safely pass on your legacy of love as well as your assets. But does your plan simply leave your assets outright, so...
by Leslie Marenco | Sep 3, 2014 | Articles, Asset Protection, Estate Planning, Inheritance, Special Needs Planning, Trusts
When families come in to do planning with me, we discuss at length how they want their children (or other beneficiaries) to inherit their wealth. In fact, whether they want their wealth inherited 1) outright, or in 2) Lifetime Asset Protection Trusts, is one of the...
by Leslie Marenco | Aug 22, 2014 | Articles, Celebrity Estates, Estate Planning, Trusts
One of the most eloquent responses to Robin Williams’ death came from his best friend Billy Crystal, who posted on Twitter simply: “No words.” When someone close to us dies — especially in a sudden and tragic way — the grief is so deep that we truly don’t...
by Leslie Marenco | Aug 17, 2014 | Articles, Estate Planning, Estate Tax, High Net Worth, Non - US Citizen, Trusts
This is South Florida so I commonly encounter married couples with mixed nationalities. That is, one spouse is an American citizen and the other is not. The U.S. estate and gift tax rules are generally the same for U.S. citizens and resident aliens. However, the...
