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  Attorney at Law - KY, 1991
  Suffolk University J.D. 1973
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D. Kevin Ryan

Corporate, Business Organization, Corporate Tax, Gift Taxation

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One Riverfront Plaza, 401 West Main Street, Louisville, KY 40202

Sharon R. Handy

Corporate, Employment, Estate Planning, Real Estate

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Matthew D Watkins

Business Organization, Estate Administration, Estate Planning, Tax

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500 West Jefferson Street, Louisville, KY 40202

R. Kenneth Kinderman

Corporate, Estate Planning, Wills & Probate, Securities

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One Riverfront Plaza, 401 West Main Street, Louisville, KY 40202

Elizabeth Dodd Lococo

Adoption, Business Organization, Estate Planning, Family Law, Wills & Probate

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2000 Waterfront Plaza, 325 West Main Street, Louisville, KY 40202

Rebecca A. Martin

Business Successions, Gift Taxation, Income Tax, Trusts

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Brett H. Oppenheimer

Litigation, Estate Planning, Workers' Compensation, Business Organization, Personal Injury

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Springs Office Center, Louisville, KY 40207

Valerie Shannon

Employment, Estate Planning, Labor Law, Wills & Probate

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One Riverfront Plaza, 401 West Main Street, Louisville, KY 40202

Brennan S. Cox

Corporate, Business Organization, Estate Planning, Wills & Probate

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500 West Jefferson Street, Louisville, KY 40202

Robert A. Marshall

Administrative Law, Business Organization, Estate Planning, Tax

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500 West Jefferson Street, Louisville, KY 40202

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SUCCESSOR TRUSTEE

The person or institution who takes over the management of trust property when the original trustee has died or become incapacitated.

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.

PROVING A WILL

Convincing a probate court that a document is truly the deceased person's will. Usually this is a simple formality that the executor or administrator easily sat... (more...)

Convincing a probate court that a document is truly the deceased person's will. Usually this is a simple formality that the executor or administrator easily satisfies by showing that the will was signed and dated by the deceased person in front of two or more witnesses. When the will is holographic -- that is, completely handwritten by the deceased and not witnessed, it is still valid in many states if the executor can produce relatives and friends to testify that the handwriting is that of the deceased.

PROPERTY CONTROL TRUST

Any trust that imposes limits or controls over the rights of trust beneficiaries. These trusts include (1) special needs trusts designed to assist people who ha... (more...)

Any trust that imposes limits or controls over the rights of trust beneficiaries. These trusts include (1) special needs trusts designed to assist people who have special physical, emotional or other requirements, (2) spendthrift trusts designed to prevent a beneficiary from wasting the trust principal; and (3) sprinkling trusts that allow the trustee to decide how to distribute trust income or principal among the beneficiaries.

PUBLIC ADMINISTRATOR

Someone appointed by a probate court to oversee probate proceedings when a person dies without a will or heirs, and his or her property is expected to pass to t... (more...)

Someone appointed by a probate court to oversee probate proceedings when a person dies without a will or heirs, and his or her property is expected to pass to the state. Some states have public administrators who are responsible for temporarily preserving the assets of an estate if there are disputes about specific provisions in the will or about who will be appointed the regular administrator.

ALTERNATE BENEFICIARY

A person, organization or institution that receives property through a will, trust or insurance policy when the first named beneficiary is unable or refuses to ... (more...)

A person, organization or institution that receives property through a will, trust or insurance policy when the first named beneficiary is unable or refuses to take the property. For example, in his will Jake leaves his collection of sheet music to his daughter, Mia, and names the local symphony as alternate beneficiary. When Jake dies, Mia decides that the symphony can make better use of the sheet music than she can, so she refuses (disclaims) the gift, and the manuscripts pass directly to the symphony. In insurance law, the alternate beneficiary, usually the person who receives the insurance proceeds because the initial or primary beneficiary has died, is called the secondary or contingent beneficiary.

PROBATE COURT

A specialized court or division of a state trial court that considers only cases concerning the distribution of deceased persons' estate. Called 'surrogate cour... (more...)

A specialized court or division of a state trial court that considers only cases concerning the distribution of deceased persons' estate. Called 'surrogate court' in New York and several other states, this court normally examines the authenticity of a will -- or if a person dies intestate, figures out who receives her property under state law. It then oversees a procedure to pay the deceased person's debts and to distribute her assets to the proper inheritors. See probate.

PROBATE

The court process following a person's death that includes proving the authenticity of the deceased person's will appointing someone to handle the deceased pers... (more...)

The court process following a person's death that includes proving the authenticity of the deceased person's will appointing someone to handle the deceased person's affairs identifying and inventorying the deceased person's property paying debts and taxes identifying heirs, and distributing the deceased person's property according to the will or, if there is no will, according to state law. Formal court-supervised probate is a costly, time-consuming process -- a windfall for lawyers -- which is best avoided if possible.

CURATOR

See conservator.

SAMPLE LEGAL CASES

Easterly v. METROPOLITAN LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY

... [6]. In January or February of 1990, Easterly met with an estate planning attorney in Florida and discovered the face value of the policy to be $185,000.00, not the $235,000.00 they believed they had contracted to purchase in 1989. ...

GRIPSHOVER v. GRIPSHOVER

... prepare documents effectuating a real estate partnership (the Gripshover Family Limited Partnership #1) and a partnership for the ownership and management of the family farming business (the Gripshover Family Limited Partnership #2). For estate planning and taxation ...

Fleming v. Toney

... A decree was never entered, but Leon and Janet remained separated until Leon's death on August 24, 2006. Following the separation, and prior to his death, Leon made several estate planning decisions without Janet's knowledge. ...

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Law Office of Lawrence Belanger

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D. Kevin Ryan

Sharon R. Handy

Matthew D Watkins

R. Kenneth Kinderman

Elizabeth Dodd Lococo

Rebecca A. Martin

Brett H. Oppenheimer

Valerie Shannon

Brennan S. Cox

Robert A. Marshall

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LEGAL TERMS

SUCCESSOR TRUSTEE

GENERATION-SKIPPING TRUST

PROVING A WILL

PROPERTY CONTROL TRUST

PUBLIC ADMINISTRATOR

ALTERNATE BENEFICIARY

PROBATE COURT

PROBATE

CURATOR

SAMPLE LEGAL CASES

Easterly v. METROPOLITAN LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY

GRIPSHOVER v. GRIPSHOVER

Fleming v. Toney

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