Amy Winehouse had many ups and downs during her short life, but it appears the singer/songwriter left behind an up-to-date and ironclad estate plan. Winehouse’s tragic death at age 27 illustrates why you are never too young for a will.
Winehouse and Blake Fielder-Civil were married briefly. Under English law, marriage negates any wills made before […]
Category: Estates & Trusts
One of the most challenging things for many executors is trying to locate and organize the decedent’s financial information, such as insurance policies, and bank and investment statements. Faced with that problem after their father died in a car accident, Jarred and Adam Mait created http://www.knowtification.com/
Once person’s name, date of birth, date of death, social […]
The Good – The Estate Tax Is Repealed, For Now
Effective January 1, 2010, there is no longer a tax on the estates of those dying during 2010. Although Congress may reinstate the tax retroactively in 2010, perhaps as part of broader tax reform, this is by no means a certainty.
If Congress fails to act, the […]
With proper estate planning, the probate court can be avoided. However, even if someone has failed to plan ahead to prevent their estate from going through the probate court, it is sometimes possible to take probate “short-cuts” which lessen the burden of the probate process. Whether this can be done depends greatly on the […]
In most cases, if you have a well prepared estate plan, you can avoid the costly, stressful, public, and lengthy probate process. Without an estate plan, or in situations where disputes arise over your assets and affairs, you will likely end up in the probate court at the mercy of a probate judge and/or jury. […]
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