Trusts & Estates
December 15, 2022 | Jennifer F. Hillman | Wendy Hoey Sheinberg |
What Happened:
The Grinch lives alone in a mountaintop cave with his dog, Max, and no medical attention for his undersized heart and oversized unpleasantness. The Grinch observes the noisy holiday festivities of Whoville from afar. The happy racket fuels his anger and furthers his feelings of isolation. In a misguided attempt to salve his
Read MoreNovember 17, 2022 | Wendy Hoey Sheinberg | Jennifer F. Hillman |
What Happened:
Margaret Schlegel and Ruth Wilcox bond over Christmas shopping, their shared attachment to their respective childhood homes and familial loyalty. Ruth enchants Margaret with stories of her ancestral home, Howards End. Ruth confides in Margaret that her husband, Henry, and children do not share her connection or affection for Howards End. They are
Read MoreNovember 14, 2022 | Patricia C. Marcin |
Your friendly neighborhood branch banker suggests that you change all your accounts to either joint with your kids or to
name your kids as beneficiaries on all your accounts (a “pay on death” beneficiary designation). She says this will make the administration of your estate when you die much less complicated and easier for
October 20, 2022 | Louis Vlahos | |
Louis Vlahos’ article, “Planning for the Interest Charge on Installment Sales: Decanting a Grantor Trust?”, was published in the New York State Bar Association Trusts and Estates Law Section Journal. Rivkin Radler member Nicholas G. Moneta is the publication’s Editor-in-Chief.
The article discusses the concept that the special interest charge imposed on the deferred tax
Read More| Jennifer F. Hillman | Wendy Hoey Sheinberg |
What Happened:
The entire Royal Family of the United Kingdom dies during a poorly planned family photo session (but as anyone who has sat through a family photo knows, they may have faked it).
Meanwhile, on the other side of the pond (we tend to be cheeky), Ralph Jones works as a Las Vegas lounge
Read MoreSeptember 15, 2022 | Wendy Hoey Sheinberg | Jennifer F. Hillman |
What Happened:
Drew Baylor is a wildly successful athletic shoe designer for Mercury Sportwear until his world is turned askew when one of the shoes he designed is accused of having a design flaw. Mercury announces a recall; Drew becomes the scapegoat; his boss publicly humiliates him and then unceremoniously fires Drew.
At his darkest
Read MoreSeptember 1, 2022 | Wendy Hoey Sheinberg |
By now, your college-age kids have decorated their dorm rooms and collected every class syllabus (although whether they’ve read them is a different issue). While you may long for the days when you were an integral part of their daily lives, your job is far from over. You can still protect your kids and your
Read MoreAugust 18, 2022 | Jennifer F. Hillman | Wendy Hoey Sheinberg |
What happened:
Fester Addams, a wealthy bachelor, wants nothing more than to find a great love like that between his older brother Gomez and his wife Morticia, but he is too trusting and easily mislead. Following the birth of Gomez and Morticia’s third child, Pubert, they hire a nanny named Debbie. Fester quickly becomes
Read MoreJuly 21, 2022 | Wendy Hoey Sheinberg | Jennifer F. Hillman |
What Happened:
Margot and Tony Wendice seem to have it all – they are young, beautiful, and in love. However, much like pyrite, not everything that glitters is gold.
Before their marriage, Tony was a successful tennis player. It would have been unseemly for Margot, a wealthy socialite, to marry a professional athlete, so Tony
Read MoreJuly 11, 2022 | Patricia C. Marcin |
The federal estate tax exemption provisions are set to expire at the end of 2025, potentially requiring more people to pay estate taxes. In view of the uncertainty of the estate tax laws, it is important to have estate planning documents that are flexible enough to adjust to changing estate tax laws.
Generally, the exemption
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