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Offit Kurman

When a Corporate Trustee May Be a Disadvantage for Your Trust

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Last month I explored the potential advantages of naming a corporate trustee, acknowledging that the decision is ultimately a matter of personal preference. In this second part of a two-part, “point-counterpoint”...more

Gerald Nowotny - Law Office of Gerald R....

To Be or Not to Be Contemplating the Meaning of Life Through Private Placement Life Insurance

The focus of this article illustrates why private placement life insurance (“PPLI”) is the best asset to utilize in the “Buy, Borrow and Die” strategy for high net worth investors including billionaires. After this article,...more

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Individual Trustee Delegates to Financial Institution the Job of Taking Custody and Keeping Track of Income and Principal: The...

While PC software programs are a practical improvement over the trustee’s hard-copy ledger book, when it comes to keeping track of trust income and principal these programs still require serious clerical monitoring on the...more

Kohrman Jackson & Krantz LLP

Wendy Williams’ Conservatorship Battle: A Cautionary Tale on Estate Planning

Wendy Williams’ ongoing legal battle over her financial conservatorship has reignited public debate on the complexities of incapacity planning. Although she allegedly executed a power of attorney (POA) in favor of her son,...more

Shook, Hardy & Bacon L.L.P.

Judgment Secured in Case Alleging Mismanagement of Artist's Trust

A five-year legal dispute between heirs of the renowned artist Thomas Hart Benton and the trust department that administered and managed the Benton Trust produced a significant ruling last month in Jackson County, Missouri...more

Warner Norcross + Judd

Michigan’s New Uniform Power of Attorney Act Effective July 1

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Michigan’s new Uniform Power of Attorney Act (UPOAA) becomes effective on July 1, 2024. This law serves several purposes, which include preventing financial exploitation of vulnerable individuals and making standard power of...more

Chambliss, Bahner & Stophel, P.C.

A Useless Power of Attorney: Avoid Free Legal Documents

A power of attorney designates a trusted individual to make decisions or conduct transactions on your behalf. They could be related to personal finances, business operations, or medical needs and used for a single immediate...more

Foley & Lardner LLP

Preventing Post-Death Issues for a Wisconsin Will: Where There’s a Will, There’s a Way

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A deceased individual (i.e., the decedent) has often taken the initiative during his or her lifetime to create a will designating the individuals who will receive the decedent’s remaining assets. However, the decedent may...more

Ruder Ware

How is That Account Titled?

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My husband just recently opened a new account at one of those online, do-it-yourself, investment companies.  He promises that with the tiny amount of money I was willing to allow him to experiment with that he will make us...more

Chambliss, Bahner & Stophel, P.C.

Why You May Need a Trust in Addition to a Power of Attorney

While everyone should have a durable power of attorney that appoints someone to act for them if they become incapacitated, in some circumstances it is not enough. In these cases, a revocable trust can help. ...more

UB Greensfelder LLP

[Webinar] High Stakes Guardianships: Best Practices for Corporate Fiduciaries - October 12th, 2:00 pm - 3:00 pm EDT

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Join Ulmer attorneys Daniela Paez and John R. Harrison as they host a complimentary webinar on high stakes guardianships and best practices for corporate fiduciaries. During the interactive presentation, Daniela and John will...more

Pullman & Comley, LLC

Beneficiary Designated Property: A Trap for the Unwary

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Financial institutions and brokerage firms occasionally recommend that client accounts be structured as joint or beneficiary-designated accounts without full consideration of the impact on the client’s estate plan....more

Troutman Pepper Locke

Inheritance Data - Digital Planning Podcast

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The Digital Planning Podcast is designed to educate individuals about all things digital in connection with estate planning, business planning and estate administration. Your hosts, Jennifer Zegel, Ross Bruch and Justin...more

Chambliss, Bahner & Stophel, P.C.

Bank Pays Price for Refusing to Honor Request Made Under a Power of Attorney

A durable power of attorney (POA) allows the person creating the POA, called the "principal," to name a trusted agent who can act on his behalf in almost any situation. But because of the risk of abuse, many banks will...more

Downey Brand LLP

A Thin Blue Line: APS and the DA Have Few Resources to Combat Financial Elder Abuse

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Seniors are vulnerable to financial elder abuse and are often victimized, but there’s a scarcity of government resources in Sacramento County and elsewhere in California to address the problem. On May 21, 2019, the...more

Perkins Coie

Quarterly Investment Update - 4th Quarter 2016

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ECONOMIC REVIEW AND OUTLOOK - In this past year we were reminded again to expect the unexpected: The well-established political classes in the U.K., the U.S. and Italy learned that democracy was their Achilles’ heel, and...more

Proskauer Rose LLP

2016 Proskauer Annual Review and Outlook for Hedge Funds, Private Equity Funds and Other Private Funds

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This special report provides a summary of some of the significant changes and developments that occurred in the past year in the private equity and hedge funds space, as well as certain recommended practices that investment...more

Pullman & Comley, LLC

Alert: Five Things You Should Know About Connecticut’s New Uniform Power of Attorney Act

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A Power of Attorney is an important estate planning tool that allows an individual (the “Agent”) to act on behalf of another person (the “Principal”) in financial and other matters without involving the probate court. A new...more

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