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Saul Ewing LLP

Planning for the Ongoing Care of Your Pets

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To many of us, our pets are members of the family. However, they are often overlooked in putting together an estate plan, where the traditional focus is on the disposition of a client’s assets and naming guardians for his or...more

Conn Kavanaugh

Leaving Money for Fido: Is Your Pet Trust Still Valid?

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Fortunately, your worry was solved by the Massachusetts Pet Trust Law, M.G.L.A. 203E § 408, which allows the creation of a trust during the settlor/owner’s lifetime for the continuing care of a pet or other animal should the...more

Stoel Rives LLP

Ideas for Planning and Caring for Your Pets upon Incapacity or Death

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Many of us consider our pets an important part of our family and worry about their care and well-being when we are no longer able to make decisions about their care. As animal lovers ourselves, we have worked with many...more

Rivkin Radler LLP

Wendy and Jen Wreck the Movies: How the Grinch Stole Christmas (1966), or “It Ain’t Over til All the Whos in Whoville Sing”

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The Grinch lives alone in a mountaintop cave with his dog, Max, and no medical attention for his undersized heart and oversized unpleasantness. The Grinch observes the noisy holiday festivities of Whoville from afar. The...more

Chambliss, Bahner & Stophel, P.C.

Pandemic Pets and Pet Companionship: Seven Benefits/Considerations for Care Coordination and Estate Planning

When my kids started to feel isolated and bored spending so much time at home due to the pandemic, we volunteered to be foster parents for a sweet four-week old kitty, Marigold. She was a fuzzball so tiny that I could hold...more

Bowditch & Dewey

Protecting Pets During the COVID-19 Pandemic

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During the COVID-19 pandemic, many people are taking action to make sure that their affairs are in order – reviewing guardian nominations for their minor children, funding their revocable trusts and, in some cases, making...more

Chambliss, Bahner & Stophel, P.C.

Providing for Your Pet with a Trust

Beezer the cat can be a member of the family, but what happens to Beezer or [insert your pet's name] after you are gone? How can you ensure your pet will be cared for? One option is to create a pet trust. While you can give...more

Holland & Hart LLP

Walk on the Wild Side – Pet Trusts

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Anyone who has a pet knows that they are more than just companions, they are members of your family. Often, when people make decisions about their estate plans, they want to take these furry members of their family into...more

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