While campaigning for the Presidency, Donald Trump frequently said that, if elected, he would repeal the estate tax entirely. As with all...

The default estate planning option for people with more than one child is to divide their estates equally between their children. That is...

A big part of modern estate planning is planning around the estate tax. Many estate planning instruments were designed to help lower the...

Since taking office, President Trump had been promising that he would reveal a plan for tax reform. He gave very few details about it,...

Serial might be the most successful podcast of all time. Millions of people tuned in to hear the story of a murder and its aftermath. It...

A normal television show about a brilliant emergency room doctor who kills people in her off hours, would probably be a very dark drama...

The story had a Hollywood beginning. A schoolteacher and a wealthy real estate investor met through a singles ad, fell in love, got...

The Social Security program seems simple enough. When you reach retirement age, you can stop working and the government will send you a...

People often go to great lengths to get an estate plan carefully crafted that covers every possible need their family could have. That is...

There is a very human tendency to get upset whenever we initially feel slighted by someone else. A recent advice column in philly.com,...

A will is only effective if it can be used after you pass away to administer your estate. If no one knows where your will is or if it has...

That everyone should have an estate plan is a principle which most people understand when the reasons are explained to them. Estate...

It is not a particularly easy time to be a family farmer in the U.S. Farmers face competition from agricultural imports from all over the...

You have probably heard this plotline before. It is a common one that goes something like this: a younger relative of a wealthy person in...

Millions of Americans have completed advanced medical directives such as health care powers of attorney and living wills. More and more...

Absolutely no one wants to think about the possibility of their grandparents are dating after the death of one spouse. That is somewhat...

For many people, the best memories they have of spending time with their families is at a family vacation home when their children were...

Is it Time to Review Your Plan? Proper estate planning is a process, not simply a one-time event. Therefore, it only makes sense to...

For most people, the word "probate" conjures up nightmare scenarios of protracted estate battles that cost lots of money and tear...

It is fairly common in estate planning attorneys' offices, for a husband and wife to come in and declare that they both want similar...