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A WILL Won’t Protect your Pets!

by Trust Counsel | May 11, 2023 | Articles, Asset Protection, Estate Planning, Family, Inheritance, Trusts, Wills

If you’re a pet owner, you know the special bond that exists between you and your pets. So while you’re thinking about how best to provide for your family after you die or if you become incapacitated, it makes sense for your beloved pet to be a part of the plan. You...

Bourdain: Estate Unknown

by Trust Counsel | Jun 23, 2022 | Articles, Celebrity Estates

There’s something about a rebel who lives life on his own terms that is like a magnet: it’s sometimes hard to turn away and that’s how many were responding to celebrity Anthony Bourdain’s passing. Chef, writer, adventurer, provocateur. Bourdain certainly lived his...

Supreme Court Rules That Inherited IRAs Are Not Protected

by Leslie Marenco | Jul 30, 2014 | Articles, Case Law, Inheritance, IRAs / 401(k), Non-Probate Asset

It is not often that the Supreme Court provides a clear rule on any aspect of Estate or Financial planning (or even graces our niche with a passing reference), so these occasions call for special attention!! On June 12, 2014, the Supreme Court’s unanimous decision...