After a death, many people are left looking for a Will or a Trust. If people are unable to find any estate planning documents in the home, the last place to look often ends up being a Safe Deposit Box.READ MORE
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After the Executor has been appointed over the Estate of a Deceased, they have a duty to prepare and file a list of the decedent’s assets as of the date of death with the Probate Court. The list of theREAD MORE
If you decide to make your trust irrevocable, it is important to determine whether you should add provisions that may enable trust modifications in changing times and circumstances. Things that may demand modification in the future, like trust distribution age,READ MORE
You’re not done when you’ve signed your trust document. Once you’ve made a living trust, there’s one more crucial step: formally transferring assets to the trust. This is called “funding the trust”—and if you don’t do it, your trust willREAD MORE
From: Accounting Today MARCH 2, 2016 BY SEYMOUR GOLDBERG “Many estate planners recommend that clients create trusts for various reasons, but problems can arise when the trustee is a family member who has no experience regarding the responsibilities of aREAD MORE
An estate under $150,000 in value is not required to pass through probate. Rather, there is a procedure where the heirs sign a Declaration of Small Estate or Small Estate Affidavit, which they can deliver with a death certificate toREAD MORE
While it’s never easy to deal with the death of a family member, you may not have much time to grieve before handling their affairs, if they had a Reverse Mortgage on their house. Reverse Mortgages are regulated by theREAD MORE
A bond is a form of insurance to replace assets that may be mismanaged or stolen by the estate’s personal representative. The bond protects the beneficiaries, heirs, and creditors of the estate. The cost of the bond is paid fromREAD MORE
The Estate and Gift Tax law changes for 2017 are not as drastic as previous years. The federal estate tax exemption, an amount that an individual can leave to heirs without having to pay federal estate tax, increased to $5,490,000READ MORE
If you have been nominated and are acting as Trustee, you are acting as a “fiduciary” and have many duties as Trustee. Below is a list of key duties of a Trustee: Duty to identify and locate Trust assets. DutyREAD MORE