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Daniel D Kopman

Litigation, Wills, Trusts, Gift Taxation
Status:  In Good Standing           

Stephanie Diane Winstead

Estate Planning, International Tax, Trusts, Estate, Wills
Status:  In Good Standing           Licensed:  19 Years

John Michael Minnott

Immigration, Trusts, Estate Planning, Wrongful Termination
Status:  In Good Standing           Licensed:  52 Years

Todd Armistead Carper

Tax, Gift Taxation
Status:  In Good Standing           Licensed:  21 Years

Nancy Coffman Ferruzzo

Tax, International, Gift Taxation
Status:  In Good Standing           Licensed:  46 Years

David T. Estes

Estate Planning, Trusts
Status:  In Good Standing           Licensed:  45 Years

Jon Robert Wadsworth

Tax, International, Gift Taxation
Status:  In Good Standing           Licensed:  23 Years

Roberta Ann Chittenden

Real Estate, Trusts, Gift Taxation, Business
Status:  In Good Standing           Licensed:  45 Years

James Roger Mccoy

Tax, International, Gift Taxation
Status:  In Good Standing           Licensed:  28 Years

Dennis Ronald Brown

International, Trusts, Gift Taxation, Estate
Status:  In Good Standing           Licensed:  50 Years

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LEGAL TERMS

MARITAL LIFE ESTATE TRUST

See AB trust.

ANCILLARY PROBATE

A probate proceeding conducted in a different state from the one the deceased person resided in at the time of death. Usually, ancillary probate proceedings are... (more...)
A probate proceeding conducted in a different state from the one the deceased person resided in at the time of death. Usually, ancillary probate proceedings are necessary if the deceased person owned real estate in another state.

ACCUMULATION TRUST

A trust in which the income is retained and not paid out to beneficiaries until certain conditions are met. For example, if Uncle Pierre creates a trust for Nic... (more...)
A trust in which the income is retained and not paid out to beneficiaries until certain conditions are met. For example, if Uncle Pierre creates a trust for Nick's benefit but stipulates that Nick will not get a penny until he gets a Ph.D. in French; Nick is the beneficiary of an accumulation trust.

GENERATION-SKIPPING TRUST

A trust designed to save on estate tax. The trust principal is preserved for the trust maker's grandchildren, with his or her children receiving only income fro... (more...)
A trust designed to save on estate tax. The trust principal is preserved for the trust maker's grandchildren, with his or her children receiving only income from the trust. Because the children (the middle generation) never legally own the property, it isn't subject to estate tax at their death. See generation-skipping transfer tax.

NET ESTATE

The value of all property owned at death less liabilities or debts.

GRANTOR

Someone who creates a trust. Also called a trustor or settlor.

INHERITANCE TAXES

Taxes some states impose on people or organizations who inherit property from a deceased person's estate. The taxes are based on the value of the inherited prop... (more...)
Taxes some states impose on people or organizations who inherit property from a deceased person's estate. The taxes are based on the value of the inherited property.

QTIP TRUST

A type of trust for wealthy married couples that allows a surviving spouse to postpone estate taxes. A QTIP trust allows the surviving spouse to make use of the... (more...)
A type of trust for wealthy married couples that allows a surviving spouse to postpone estate taxes. A QTIP trust allows the surviving spouse to make use of the trust property tax-free. Taxes are deferred until the surviving spouse dies and the trust property is received by the final trust beneficiaries, who were named by the first spouse to die.

BYPASS TRUST

A trust designed to lessen a family's overall estate tax liability. An AB trust is the most popular kind of bypass trust.

SAMPLE LEGAL CASES

Murphy v. Murphy

... The probate court has discretion, circumscribed by the statutory scheme, to order a "substituted judgment" that authorizes a conservator on behalf of a conservatee to take necessary or desirable action to facilitate estate planning, when a reasonably prudent person in the ...

In re Estate of Young

... her lawyer at the time, Dennis Burns. Mr. Burns represented her for 15 years for estate planning purposes and a bankruptcy of one of Young's businesses, Green Thumb Nursery. In the 1991 estate plan, Charles was expressly ...

Chang v. Lederman

... 2. The Law Regarding Liability for Negligence in Estate Planning to Intended or Potential Beneficiaries. ... Nevertheless, the attorney prepared new estate planning documents that fundamentally changed the plan and made a substantial gift to Michael. ...