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D. Kevin Ryan

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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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R. Kenneth Kinderman

Corporate, Estate Planning, Wills & Probate, Securities
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Elizabeth Dodd Lococo

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

Employment, Estate Planning, Labor Law, Wills & Probate
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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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Brennan S. Cox

Corporate, Business Organization, Estate Planning, Wills & Probate
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Robert A. Marshall

Administrative Law, Business Organization, Estate Planning, Tax
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LEGAL TERMS

GENERATION-SKIPPING TRANSFER TAX

A federal tax imposed on money placed in a generation-skipping trust. Currently, there is a $1 million exemption to the GSTT; that is, each person may leave $1 ... (more...)
A federal tax imposed on money placed in a generation-skipping trust. Currently, there is a $1 million exemption to the GSTT; that is, each person may leave $1 million in a generation-skipping trust free of this tax. The GSST is imposed when the middle-generation beneficiaries die and the property is transferred to the third-generation beneficiaries. Every dollar over $1 million is subject to the highest existing estate tax rate--currently 55%--at the time the GSTT tax is applied.

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.

TRUST MERGER

Under a trust, the situation that occurs when the sole trustee and the sole beneficiary are the same person or institution. Then, there's no longer the separati... (more...)
Under a trust, the situation that occurs when the sole trustee and the sole beneficiary are the same person or institution. Then, there's no longer the separation between the trustee's legal ownership of trust property from the beneficiary's interest. The trust 'merges' and ceases to exist.

SPRINKLING TRUST

A trust that gives the person managing it (the trustee) the discretion to disburse its funds among the beneficiaries in any way he or she sees fit.

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.

REAL ESTATE AGENT

A foot soldier of the real estate business who shows houses and does most of the other nitty-gritty tasks associated with selling real estate. An agent must hav... (more...)
A foot soldier of the real estate business who shows houses and does most of the other nitty-gritty tasks associated with selling real estate. An agent must have a state license and be supervised by a real estate broker. Most agents are completely dependent upon commissions from sellers for their income, so it pays to find out which side the agent represents (buyer, seller or both) before you place too much trust in the agent's opinion.

INTER VIVOS TRUST

The Latin name, favored by some lawyers, for a living trust. 'Inter vivos' is Latin for 'between the living.'

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.

ENDOWMENT INSURANCE

Provides that an insured person who lives for the specified endowment period receives the face value of the insurance policy--that is, the amount paid at death.... (more...)
Provides that an insured person who lives for the specified endowment period receives the face value of the insurance policy--that is, the amount paid at death. If the policy-holder dies sooner, the beneficiary named in the policy receives the proceeds.

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. ...