Now that spring is finally here, people start to make plans to spend time in their vacation home.  Then they […]

Now that my kids are out of college, it’s time to start thinking about trying to help out my (future) […]

Our parents have survived a lot.  In addition to raising us, they’ve gone through great depressions, great recessions, and numerous […]

The answer is one of my great attorney answers: “It depends.”  In general terms, there is no gift tax in […]

Are your heirs, family or friends responsible for your debts after you die?  I’d like to say no, but the […]

Most of my senior clients want to be able to transfer their assets to their children in the simplest and […]

I hate to break the news to the guys reading this, but we’re probably going to die before our wives.  […]

Last month I started a discussion about how to protect our assets so we actually have something to pass to […]

Over the course of my career, I’ve found that there are really two parts to being an estate planning attorney. […]

I think this is something that I’ve known even before I started practicing as an Estate Planning attorney. Matter of […]

The simple, knee-jerk answer to that question should be no, as that’s the point of an irrevocable trust. But, believe […]

When discussing estate plans with my clients, I always make sure we discuss their retirement accounts (such as IRAs, 401ks, […]