Newton Trusts Lawyer, Alabama


Anthony Livingston

Real Estate, Wills & Probate, Trusts, Divorce & Family Law
Status:  In Good Standing           Licensed:  41 Years

Whit Huskey

Trusts, Civil Rights, Merger & Acquisition, Contract
Status:  In Good Standing           Licensed:  17 Years

Charles W Blakeney

Social Security, Trusts, Divorce & Family Law, Criminal
Status:  In Good Standing           Licensed:  32 Years

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LEGAL TERMS

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.

SECONDARY MEANING

In trademark law, a mark that is not inherently distinctive becomes protected after developing a 'secondary meaning': great public recognition through long use ... (more...)
In trademark law, a mark that is not inherently distinctive becomes protected after developing a 'secondary meaning': great public recognition through long use and exposure in the marketplace. For example, though first names are not generally considered inherently distinctive, Ben & Jerry's Ice Cream has become so well known that it is now entitled to maximum trademark protection.

TRUSTEE POWERS

The provisions in a trust document defining what the trustee may and may not do.

HEIR AT LAW

A person entitled to inherit property under intestate succession laws.

LAPSE

Under a will, the failure of a gift of property. A gift lapses when the beneficiary dies before the person who made the will, and no alternate has been named. S... (more...)
Under a will, the failure of a gift of property. A gift lapses when the beneficiary dies before the person who made the will, and no alternate has been named. Some states have anti-lapse statutes, which prevent gifts to relatives of the deceased person from lapsing unless the relative has no heirs of his or her own. A lapsed gift becomes part of the residuary estate.

GRANT DEED

A deed containing an implied promise that the person transfering the property actually owns the title and that it is not encumbered in any way, except as descri... (more...)
A deed containing an implied promise that the person transfering the property actually owns the title and that it is not encumbered in any way, except as described in the deed. This is the most commonly used type of deed. Compare quitclaim deed.

FUNDING A TRUST

Transferring ownership of property to a trust.

HEIR APPARENT

One who expects to be receive property from the estate of a family member, as long as she outlives that person.

NET ESTATE

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

SAMPLE LEGAL CASES

Ex parte Synovus Trust Co., NA

... [2]. The Raineses allege that, in connection with the creation of the Robert F. Raines Management Trust and the Helen H. Raines Management Trust ("the trusts"), Mr. and Mrs. Raines each entered into an investment agreement with Synovus Trust Corporation. ...

Ex parte Byrom

... This Court held that § 43-8-224 did not apply to trusts. ... We further rejected the argument that we should follow some other "jurisdictions in which courts have found that an antilapse statute, on its face applicable only to wills, reaches trusts as well." 888 So.2d at 485. ...

Regions Bank v. Reed

REGIONS BANK v. Jean W. REED, individually and as cotrustee of the Clement S. Walter Trust; Mary W. Haynes, individually and as cotrustee of the Clement S. Walter Trust; and Susan W. Stockham, individually and as trustee and cotrustee of various family trusts. ...