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Lewitt Hackman

Accidental Disinheritance: Update Wills, Estate Plans Annually

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So you have an estate plan? Good for you. You funded it? Even better. But have you updated it and your will in the last year? If you haven’t, your loved ones or favorite charities may be in for an unpleasant surprise. Your...more

Carlton Fields

Domestic Partnership Agreements: Survivor’s Rights on Death

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This is the fifth installment of a seven-part series. Florida law provides for various death benefits if a married person predeceases his or her spouse and they have no premarital or postnuptial agreement. For unmarried...more

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Simplified IRS Relief for Same-Sex Couples and Others

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On January 27, 2014, the Internal Revenue Service announced in Revenue Procedure 2014-18 a simplified procedure for certain estates to make a late portability election under section 2010(c)(5)(A) of the Internal Revenue Code....more

Ballard Spahr LLP

Federal District Court Awards Pension Benefit to Same-Sex Spouse

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The U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania has ordered a profit sharing plan to pay death benefits to the same-sex spouse of a deceased employee....more

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