This blog, which is regularly updated by our estate planning attorneys, strives to keep our clients and potiential clients informed, engaged, and connected to the latest news, trends, and current events regarding Penn. asset protection, inheritance dispute resolution, executor and trustee information, will & trust law, and elder trust law. Learn more abou the estate law issues that affect you most in these short, personal, and candid legal blog posts.
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Revocable Living Trusts for Pennsylvania Children | Attorney SupportRevocable living trusts for children protect certain assets and direct the distribution of a decedent’s estate. A Pennsylvania trust attorney can provide help.
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Joint Wills and Mutual Wills | Pennsylvania Estate Planning AttorneyA Pennsylvania estate planning attorney can explain the ups and downs associated with joint wills and mutual wills, and whether you should use either.
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Is There A Mistake In Your Will?A Last Will and Testament is a critical component to your comprehensive estate plan. Make sure it comply's with Pennsylvania's complex and changing laws.
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Contesting A Will or Estate Plan Under Pennsylvania LawA comprehensive estate plan can do many things for you and your family BUT if it is not done correctly it may equal an expensive lawsuit. Bullet proof your will
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Estate Planning For Second Marriages and Blended FamiliesHaving a second marriage and a blended family is a reality today for many of us. Find out what you can do to incorporate this into your estate plan.
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Understanding Critical Trust LanguageWe want to help you understand critical trust language that to many seems foreign at times. You can leave your interpreter at home after reading our trust guide
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Why Do Wealthy Never Own Life Insurance Outright?A life insurance trust can help save your heirs money. Find out about many common trusts, what they can do for you, and how you can get started.
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Does Your Will Have The Right Stuff When It Comes To Your "Stuff"A specific clause that deals with tangible personal property in your will is an important componenet to an Effective Will. Find out what tangible property is?
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Make Sure Your Will is Up To Date-Who Wants Family Drama?Are all your children in your will? Make sure your will has the correct family information. It may seem fairly unimportant but the consequences can be startling
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Find Out What Trust Lawyers Know About Trusts That You Don'tTrust law can be a complicated field to navigate through so we wrote a guide explaining the many types and uses of trusts to help you find the right trust.
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What To Do About Tricky TrustsThe more trust language you understand the more likely you will have the right trust in place for you or the better you will understand your role in a trust.
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How To Choose A Trustee: Trustee vs. Corporate TrusteeA trustee is a vital component of any well drafted trust. Make sure you have trustee in place that will maximize the benefits of the trust and minimize excess waste. Find out what type of trustee is right for your trust.
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Spring Break To Do's- Get a Power Of Attorney For Your College StudentIt is almost Spring Break! This is a great time to get your college age child a power of attorney, poa. Find out why a POA is a critical tool to being able to make financial or medical decisions for your child.
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Estate Planning Under the New Estate Law - Have Less Than One Million Dollars? What Now?The federal estate tax law changed radically for 2011 and 2012. Wondering whether or not you should wait or make changes? This article walks you through the issues if you have a small estate.
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Estate Planning for the end of The Year -2010 and Beyond Part 1 of 10Are you worried about your will, trust, power of attorney or estate planning before the end of the year/ Here are 10 estate planning, will. and trust tips for the end of the year -2010 and beyond
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Equine and Pet Trusts and Wills - Should Your Pets Be In Your Estate Plan?Do you need a will or trust to provide for the care of your horse, cat, or dog? Estate plans now often cover our pets and live stock.
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What is a $100,000 Charitable Trust Worth 91 Years Later?Interested in setting up a charitable trust? Curious about how it can grow and what a trust can do? In this case, the court uses cy pres to keep a trust going for it's intended purpose..
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When Do Your Children Need A Will Or Estate Planning? The Answer Might Surprise YouMany parents wonder when their children need to do a will, trust, power of attorney, or basic estate planning. In this brief essay, attorney David M. Frees reviews the reasons for your children to consider wills or other estate planning documents and whether or not you should pay for them.
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The Trust Protector: Why Have One and more...One of the best or worst estate planning techniques available today is the use of a trust protector for your trusts under your will or for your irrevocable trust. How can it be both the best and the worst?....
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Why Update Your Will? In This Case Your Head Might Be FrozenIt is important to update your will. When your wishes change you need to go through the formality of changing your will. See this case in which a woman's wishes that her head be frozen were honored despite a challenge to her will...