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Sara C. Brady

Social Security, Estate, Child Custody, Civil & Human Rights
Status:  In Good Standing           Licensed:  22 Years

Derek T. Shepard

Social Security, Estate Planning, Family Law, Elder Law
Status:  In Good Standing           Licensed:  12 Years

Karin Sloan Delaney

Estate, Elder Law
Status:  In Good Standing           Licensed:  29 Years

Karin Sloan Delaney

Real Estate, Estate Planning, Estate, Elder Law
Status:  In Good Standing           

Karen Veronica Defio

Other, Estate, Civil & Human Rights, Bankruptcy, Car Accident
Status:  In Good Standing           Licensed:  26 Years

Jeffrey B. Andrus

International Tax, International, Estate, Insurance, Business
Status:  In Good Standing           Licensed:  42 Years

Jeffrey B. Andrus

International Tax, International, Estate, Insurance, Business
Status:  In Good Standing           Licensed:  42 Years

Terri Conti York

Real Estate, Wills & Probate, Estate Planning, Elder Law
Status:  In Good Standing           Licensed:  36 Years

Daniel G. Cantone

Federal Appellate Practice, Estate Planning, Collaborative Law, Family Law
Status:  In Good Standing           Licensed:  43 Years

Morgan Robert Thurston

Lawsuit & Dispute, Estate
Status:  In Good Standing           Licensed:  31 Years

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LEGAL TERMS

ADMINISTRATRIX

An outdated term for a female administrator -- the person appointed by a court to handle probate on behalf of someone who died without a will. Now, whether male... (more...)
An outdated term for a female administrator -- the person appointed by a court to handle probate on behalf of someone who died without a will. Now, whether male or female, this person is called the administrator.

SPECIFIC BEQUEST

A specific item of property that is left to a named beneficiary under a will. If the person who made the will no longer owns the property when he dies, the bequ... (more...)
A specific item of property that is left to a named beneficiary under a will. If the person who made the will no longer owns the property when he dies, the bequest fails. In other words, the beneficiary cannot substitute a similar item in the estate. Example: If John leaves his 1954 Mercedes to Patti, and when John dies the 1954 Mercedes is long gone, Patti doesn't receive John's current car or the cash equivalent of the Mercedes. See ademption.

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.

MARITAL LIFE ESTATE TRUST

See AB trust.

EMPLOYEE RETIREMENT INCOME SECURITY ACT OF 1974 (ERISA)

A federal law passed to protect pension rights. ERISA: sets minimum standards for pension plans, guaranteeing that pension rights cannot be unfairly denied to o... (more...)
A federal law passed to protect pension rights. ERISA: sets minimum standards for pension plans, guaranteeing that pension rights cannot be unfairly denied to or taken from a worker provides some protection for workers in the event certain types of pension plans cannot pay the benefits to which workers are entitled, and requires that employers provide full and clear information about employees' pension rights, including the way pension benefits accumulate, how the company invests pension funds, and when and how pension benefits can be collected.

HEIR AT LAW

A person entitled to inherit property under intestate succession laws.

TRUSTEE POWERS

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

CREDIT SHELTER TRUST

See AB trust.

DEVISEE

A person or entity who inherits real estate under the terms of a will.

SAMPLE LEGAL CASES

Step-Murphy, LLC v. B&B Brothers Real Estate Corp.

In 1986 Markatos Realtors, Inc. (hereinafter Markatos), Rutger's immediate predecessor in interest, along with Brookside Park Properties, Inc., the defendant's predecessor in interest, executed a written indenture providing, among other things, for mutual easements designating 12 ...

Colasacco v. Robert E. Lawrence Real Estate

In October 2002 the defendant Christopher DiCorato, a real estate agent employed by the defendant Robert E. Lawrence Real Estate (hereinafter Lawrence, and hereinafter together the defendants), met with the plaintiffs and showed them a parcel of vacant property that was ...

Kerusa Co. LLC v. W10Z/515 Real Estate Ltd. Partnership

In any event, plaintiff fails, as a matter of law, to demonstrate any injury for which it is entitled to hold defendant sponsors liable. Although the purchase agreement obligated defendant sponsors to provide plaintiff with a building and unit constructed "in a good and workman-like ...