Resolving Tangled Titles & How It Affects Property Deeds, Homeownership, & Estate Planning How Estate Planning Can Help Prevent Tangled Titles Do You Really Own The Home You Live In? If you are currently living in a property that you inherited but the deed has not been transferred into your name, you may be surprised [...]
Qualified Personal Residence Trust (QPRT): How Does It Work & What Are The Benefits? How The Advantages Of The Qualified Personal Trust Work Americans have enjoyed historically high estate tax exemption rates for most of the last twenty years. Such high exemption amounts have kept many of them from needing to seek out more advanced [...]
How Slayer Statutes Stop Killers From Profiting From Their Crimes Slayer Statutes: Prevent a Killer From Inheriting Anything From Their Victim Most states have laws that prevent someone who has intentionally killed another individual from being able to inherit any property from their victim. In general, these laws are referred to as “slayer statutes” and [...]
All Good Things Must Come To An End: Reasons a Trust Might Terminate Arizona Estate Planning Attorneys Discuss The Process Of Terminating a Trust Nothing lasts forever. While trusts can stretch across generations and keep valuable money and property within a family, no trust has unlimited funds or an interminable time horizon. Every trust, at [...]
Social Media Presence: Five Important Estate Planning Questions To Consider Questions To Ask Yourself About Your Social Media Presence From Arizona Estate Planning Attorneys Social media is about putting yourself out there to connect with people, sometimes all over the world. If you are a social media influencer, not only are you being social, you are [...]
What Happens To Our Social Media Accounts When We Die & Why Does It Matter? How To Protect Your Social Media Accounts After Death According to Statista, more than 295 million people in the United States use social media. If you are an avid social media user, have you considered what will happen to your [...]
Family Limited Partnerships: Are They Under Attack? The Biden Administration’s New Proposal May Have Serious Implications For FLP Owners A popular estate planning tool that has long been used effectively may be facing new challenges under the current administration in Washington, DC. The family limited partnership (FLP) is an estate planning tool that allows families [...]
Why Estate Planning Is More Essential Than Ever For Student Athletes Protecting The New Era Of College Athletes It is a new era for college student athletes, who can now (as of July 1, 2021) profit from their name, image, and likeness (NIL). A change to the long-standing National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) policy that [...]
Estate Planning Considerations For Individuals With Mental Illness Estate Planning With Mental Health In Mind It is okay to not be okay. Removing the stigma of mental health starts with realizing that many people—about one in five of all US adults--are affected by mental illness. Understanding this fact can lead to more people getting the [...]
Is Life Estate The Right Option To Ensure The Future Of Your Home? The Pros & Cons Of Life Estates A home is often one of the most valuable items of property that someone will ever own. When it comes to ensuring that your home passes to the individual or group that you intend, there [...]
