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M. Blake Yaffe

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Gloria C. Bates

Adoption, Arbitration, Collaborative Law, Estate Planning
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Thomas B. McLemore

Bad Faith, Estate Administration, Estate Planning, Business Organization
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Joseph J. Reinke

Business Organization, Environmental Law, Estate Planning, Insurance
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Cathleen Ann Jones

Gift Taxation, Trusts, Tax, Estate Planning
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Stephen Ezra Dyer

General Practice
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Kevin Watley

Corporate Tax, Tax, International Tax, Gift Taxation
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David Allen Poarch

Real Estate, Traffic, Estate Planning, Employee Rights
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Betty Lynne Driver

Public Finance, Gift Taxation, Banking & Finance, Administrative Law
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Gift Taxation, Tax, Corporate, Trusts
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LEGAL TERMS

LIFE BENEFICIARY

A person who receives benefits, under a trust or by will, for his or her lifetime. For an example, see AB trust.

ENTITY

An organization, institution or being that has its own existence for legal or tax purposes. An entity is often an organization with an existence separate from i... (more...)
An organization, institution or being that has its own existence for legal or tax purposes. An entity is often an organization with an existence separate from its individual members--for example, a corporation, partnership, trust, estate or government agency. The entity is treated like a person; it can function legally, be sued, and make decisions through agents.

HEIR AT LAW

A person entitled to inherit property under intestate succession laws.

DEATH TAXES

Taxes levied at death, based on the value of property left behind. Federal death taxes are called estate taxes. Some states levy inheritance taxes on people who... (more...)
Taxes levied at death, based on the value of property left behind. Federal death taxes are called estate taxes. Some states levy inheritance taxes on people who inherit property.

MARITAL LIFE ESTATE TRUST

See AB trust.

FUNDING A TRUST

Transferring ownership of property to a trust.

SUCCESSOR TRUSTEE

The person or institution who takes over the management of trust property when the original trustee has died or become incapacitated.

EMPLOYEE RETIREMENT INCOME SECURITY ACT OF 1974 (ERISA)

A federal law passed to protect pension rights. ERISA: sets minimum standards for pension plans, guaranteeing that pension rights cannot be unfairly denied to o... (more...)
A federal law passed to protect pension rights. ERISA: sets minimum standards for pension plans, guaranteeing that pension rights cannot be unfairly denied to or taken from a worker provides some protection for workers in the event certain types of pension plans cannot pay the benefits to which workers are entitled, and requires that employers provide full and clear information about employees' pension rights, including the way pension benefits accumulate, how the company invests pension funds, and when and how pension benefits can be collected.

PROVING A WILL

Convincing a probate court that a document is truly the deceased person's will. Usually this is a simple formality that the executor or administrator easily sat... (more...)
Convincing a probate court that a document is truly the deceased person's will. Usually this is a simple formality that the executor or administrator easily satisfies by showing that the will was signed and dated by the deceased person in front of two or more witnesses. When the will is holographic -- that is, completely handwritten by the deceased and not witnessed, it is still valid in many states if the executor can produce relatives and friends to testify that the handwriting is that of the deceased.

SAMPLE LEGAL CASES

In re Marriage of Murphy

... Id. Joint revocable trusts are an alternative estate planning technique which have become popular in common-law property states because they avoid probate and the need to sever jointly owned assets into separate trusts for each spouse. Id. at 346-347. ...

Edwards v. Urice

... 22 The evidence in the record establishes the following facts. Urice was not related to Bowers by blood and was not a natural object of her bounty. Prior to 1997, Bowers had never mentioned Urice in her estate planning or wanted him to be involved in her financial affairs. ...

Friedman v. Craig

... The motion included affidavits to support Appellant's defense against a fraudulent conveyance, ie, the transfer of the joint tenancy interest in Appellant's home to Craig in 2001 was an estate planning device necessitated by her heart surgery and a concurrently-executed second ...