On October 5, 2015, Governor Brown signed Assembly Bill No. 15 authorizing the following procedure: The patient must be at least 18 years old and has established that he or she is a California resident. He or she has submitted … Continue reading
Recently the IRS released statistics for federal estate tax returns (form 706s) filed in 2011, which was the first year of portability (the ability of the surviving spouse to add the deceased spouse’s estate tax exemption to the surviving spouse’s … Continue reading
A person who has a revocable living trust may inadvertently lose the original trust document. He or she will typically continue to hold title to assets in the name of the trust. The person can still furnish copies from his … Continue reading
If you own stock in a public corporation, your broker can help you re-title this stock into the name of your trust. But if you have your own corporation, partnership or limited liability company, there is no outside manager to … Continue reading
An irrevocable trust can designate a trust protector and give him or her certain powers, for example, to change the trustee or to move the trust administration to a different jurisdiction. A trustee is a fiduciary because he or she … Continue reading
A person can die in 2011 with up to $5,000,000 and his or her estate will pay no federal estate taxes. The federal estate tax return, form 706, is not required to be filed if the gross estate of a … Continue reading
Whether you need a bankruptcy attorney, a criminal attorney, or an estate planning attorney, the worst question to ask him or her is: “Do you handle (fill in the type of case or the area of law)?” Many attorneys need … Continue reading
