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Financial Planning Tips for the Sandwich Generation with Sherry Finkel Murphy

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In this episode of The Sandwich Generation Survival Guide, host Candace Dellacona is joined by financial planner and author Sherry Finkel Murphy. They discuss the unique challenges of the 'Triple Decker Sandwich Generation,'...more

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The Great Wealth Transfer: Preparing the Next Generation

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The great wealth transfer is underway in America. Through 2045, Baby Boomers will pass down approximately $84 trillion to Gen Z, Millennials, and Gen X. But what constitutes a high-net-worth (HNW) inheritance? In the United...more

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Trust Administration: Key Steps to Protecting Your Legacy

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Estate planning is an essential process which can ensure that your wealth is distributed appropriately after you pass. Every estate planning attorney’s goal is to assist clients to protect their assets, instead of allowing...more

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The Wealth Dispute Navigator: Which Profile Are You?

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Over the next two decades, reports are estimating that baby boomers will pass down a combined $84.4 trillion in assets to younger generations. Dubbed the “Great Wealth Transfer,” this phenomenon is already underway and will...more

Keating Muething & Klekamp PLL

Using Trust Provisions to Incentivize Beneficiary Behavior

For many individuals new to estate planning, particularly younger couples, there is something almost taboo when you start to discuss a revocable trust: does that mean our children will be trust fund babies?...more

Lerch, Early & Brewer

Ten Reasons Why You Should Prepare a Will

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Creating a last will and testament is the first step in creating an estate plan – a critical planning tool to ensure that your wishes are honored and that your loved ones are cared for after your death....more

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Communicating Your Estate Plan: A Helpful Tool, Not a Fix-All

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In the first 10 minutes of Netflix’s The Gentleman, the grieving heirs of Archibald Horniman are shocked when it is revealed that he has left his sizeable estate almost entirely to his second-born son, to the exclusion of his...more

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Estate Planning to Protect Generational Wealth Transfers: Lessons From The Gilded Age

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HBO’s The Gilded Age dramatizes the privileged lives of some of America’s wealthiest families in late 19th century New York City. In U.S. history, the Gilded Age covers the 1870s to the late 1890s. Rapid economic growth...more

Shumaker, Loop & Kendrick, LLP

The Estate Planner, May/June 2024

Sharing is caring - How much should you tell your loved ones about your estate plan? After you’ve created your estate plan, it’s important to consider how much information you should disclose to your loved ones about...more

Pullman & Comley, LLC

Do You Know Who Your Children Are? How the Connecticut Parentage Act Affects Estate Planning

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The changing landscape of American families has resulted in new laws that expand who may be considered your child or grandchild. A recent Connecticut law, known as The Connecticut Parentage Act (the “Act”), may impact your...more

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Minnesota Court of Appeals Ruling Impacts Estate Administration for Medical Assistance Recipients

In a unanimous decision filed Monday, November 20, 2023, the Minnesota Court of Appeals affirmed a district court opinion that limits medical assistance claims against estates to only the amount of long-term-care services...more

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Once Removed Episode 13: It’s 5 o’Clock: Do You Know Where Your Will Is? A Lesson From Aretha Franklin

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If you had to say where your will is located right now, could you? Despite the importance of that document, many clients are not sure where the original is located. In this episode, Steve discusses the case of Aretha...more

Gray Reed

Illegitimate Heirs – Trust Language: “Hi, I Think Your Dad is also My Dad” – Part 2

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Mary Goodblood grew up believing that she was the only daughter of Cash Goodblood. One day, 25 years after Cash died, and to no one’s surprise after the lucrative sale of the Goodblood family business was plastered on the...more

Shumaker, Loop & Kendrick, LLP

The Estate Planner, March/April 2023

Funding long-term care expenses: What are your options? Few things can derail your estate plan as quickly as unanticipated long-term care (LTC) expenses. Most people will need some form of LTC — such as a nursing home or...more

Adler Pollock & Sheehan P.C.

Estate Planning Pitfall: Your Estate is Tied Too Closely to Specific Gifts

Your will is designed to provide for the disposition of your possessions and tie up any loose ends in your estate. To accomplish these goals, you may include specific bequests to named beneficiaries. For example, you might...more

Shumaker, Loop & Kendrick, LLP

The Estate Planner, November/December 2022

Rising rates spark interest in charitable remainder trusts - If you wish to leave a charitable legacy while generating income during your lifetime, a charitable remainder trust (CRT) may be a viable solution. In addition...more

Kohrman Jackson & Krantz LLP

Can Pets Inherit?

For so many of us, pets are part of the family. Everywhere you go, people bring their dogs along these days; and many pets, such as birds and tortoises, have long life spans. ...more

Kohrman Jackson & Krantz LLP

Frequently Asked Questions About Inheritance and Adoption

As an Estate, Wealth & Succession attorney, I often assist individuals with a variety of matters ranging from basic estate plans to more complex business succession arrangements. Frequently, when assisting families with...more

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When Two Trusted Advisors Disagree

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Occasionally, you may receive conflicting advice from two people – both people you trust, both skilled in their fields. How do you decide what to do?...more

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Passing Down Cryptocurrency Assets: Gifting And Estate Planning Considerations

WHAT IS CRYPTOCURRENCY? Cryptocurrency is a digital asset that is created and traded online. Miners (computer operators) establish new units of digital currency and record them on a blockchain, a string of verified public...more

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The Robins Kaplan Spotlight, Vol. 5 No. 4, Winter 2021 - Movies That Helped Us Get Through 2020

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Like many of you, in 2020 we turned to a range of media to soothe our moods and pass the time while in quarantine. The lawyers in our Wealth Planning, Administration, and Disputes Group went so far as to build our annual CLE...more

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[Webinar] Ripped from the Case Law - October 13th, 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm CT

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Producers, writers, and reporters have long been fascinated with high-stakes wealth, estate and trusts, and shareholder disputes. Whether tragic or comic, the drama between clients, families, business partners, as well as the...more

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[Webinar] Representations of Wealth Planning and Conflict in Film and Literature: What Can We Learn from Such Depictions? -...

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Producers, writers, and reporters have long been fascinated with high-stakes wealth, estate and trusts, and shareholder disputes. Whether tragic or comic, the drama between clients, families, business partners, as well as the...more

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[Webinar] Panel: The Influence of News and Other Media on Client Expectations - October 1st, 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm CT

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Producers, writers, and reporters have long been fascinated with high-stakes wealth, estate and trusts, and shareholder disputes. Whether tragic or comic, the drama between clients, families, business partners, as well as the...more

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