“A good plan today is better than a perfect plan tomorrow.” George S. Patton
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Asset Protection, Wills, Trusts, Estate & Business Planning
Asset Protection, Wills, Trusts, Estate & Business Planning
“A good plan today is better than a perfect plan tomorrow.” George S. Patton
“Death is not the end. There remains the litigation over the estate.” Ambrose Bierce
This is a weekend, and my granddaughter is here from Connecticut, so I’m not taking time to blog today, other than to post link to a video of the entire funeral service for Justice Antonin Scalia. The highlight, for me, was his son the priest’s homily. Warm and serious–just like the Justice. Enjoy. I hesitate […]
Because of the applicable exclusion amount, a married couple must have an estate of almost $11,000,000 dollars (2016) before the estate taxman comes and actually takes his share. As a consequence, the emphasis in estate planning–at least for smaller estates–is all about saving income taxes–capital gains, to be precise–on appreciated property. I don’t have the time right […]
If your sole purpose in purchasing a gun or NFA trust is so you can buy that silencer and avoid the need for your local Chief Law Enforcement Officer’s (CLEO) signature*, then I’m not your guy. As I explain elsewhere on this site, I see gun trusts as accomplishing that purpose and much more, including […]
A very interesting article about water at ProPublica.org. Essentially, the pieces asks whether Wall Street–the good guys on Wall Street, of course–will help us achieve this: [Hedge Fund manager] Disque Deane . . . supports the idea of setting aside what policy makers call “lifeline supplies” to guarantee households some minimal amount of water. […]
What do I mean by “pinch”? Well, let’s say that you’ve created a trust, with yourself as the initial trustee. You know what you want to do with your trust, who you want to benefit, what you what to happen and what you don’t want to happen–that drug addled nephew, for example doesn’t get anything […]
Just because you have a will and a living trust doesn’t mean you’re finished with the estate planning process. There is another, essential step, a step called funding your trust. Remember, among the reasons you have (or hope to have) a will and living trust are to avoid probate to the extent possible and to make […]
I thought long and hard about whether I should do my gun trust business on a different website and under a different trade name than the ones I use for my estate and business planning practice. I’ve noticed that many attorneys separate their gun trust work from their other practice areas for fear, I suppose, that […]
Betty Hutton, as Annie, couldn’t get a man with a gun. Some are worried that they won’t be able to even use their guns if President Obama gets to appoint a new justice to the Supreme Court now that Justice Antonin Scalia has died. I don’t know if that’s a worry worth worrying about, even […]