How To Dispose Controlled Substances After Your Loved One Passes Away What Do I Do With My Loved One’s Medication After Their Death? There are so many things to think about when a loved one passes away. What to do with the prescription drugs (or other controlled substances) that are in your loved one’s medicine [...]
5 Things Every International Student Should Know Before Graduation As we inch closer to graduation season, as an international student studying in the United States, you may be wondering, "What now?" We've put together a list of things that every international student should know prior to graduating. 1. Check Out Your Program's OPT (Optional Practical [...]
Estate Planning For Age-Gap Marriages: Special Considerations Married To Someone With a Significant Age-Gap? The Importance Of Having Financial & Estate Plans With couples of similar ages, planning for the future is naturally a joint effort. However, if you are married to someone who is significantly older or younger than you, the future can look [...]
The Gift Tax Law: When a Gift May Not Be a Gift What Is The Gift Tax Law & How Does It Work? It is better to give than to receive. But if you give a gift above a certain amount, you might end up owing money to the Internal Revenue Service (IRS). The federal [...]
What Is An NFT? Beginner's Guide To Non Fungible Tokens Why Should You Be Interested In Having NFTs In Your Estate Plan? A non fungible token (NFT) is a unique digital code that represents a digital item such as art or music, as well as a growing number of physical items, that runs on the [...]
Are Electronic Wills Changing The Future Of Estate Planning? Will Electronic Wills Be Valid In Estate Planning In Arizona? It was not very long ago that all legal documents were printed on paper and signed with a pen. But in today’s world, where we sign commercial contracts, form and run businesses, and buy everything from [...]
Protecting Yourself From Self- Dealing Claims When Acting As a Trustee A Trustee's Guide To Self Dealing Claims A trustee usually has quite a bit of discretion in their management of a trust’s accounts, money, and property (known as assets). At the same time, as a fiduciary, a trustee also owes the trust’s beneficiaries a [...]
Transfer-On-Death Deeds: What Are They & How Do They Work? How Beneficial Can Be Signing a TOD Deed Upon Your Death? What Is a Transfer-On-Death Deed? If you own real property, such as a home, in your sole name but you have not created a trust and transferred your property’s title to the trust, it [...]
Pour-Over Trust: Estate Planning For Married Couples How To Distribute Your Assets In a Pour-Over Trust A number of married couples think about their accounts and property as “yours, mine, and ours,” especially if either or both spouses have gotten or will be getting remarried, married late in life, or have brought or will be [...]
The Clayton Election & Marital Disclaimers: Estate Tax Planning Essentials Know Which One Is Better For Your Estate Plan Deferring, minimizing, or avoiding estate taxes altogether is often an important estate planning goal for married couples. However, uncertainty surrounding what the estate tax laws and the value of their accounts and property will be at [...]
