Archive for the ‘Estate Planning’ Category
Monday, November 26th, 2007
When rich families squabble over the family legacy, it becomes headline news. Witness the recent battle over the ownership of the Wall Street Journal between members of the Bancroft family. When approached by media titan Rupert Murdoch, various family members fought over whether to preserve the family legacy at the ...
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Monday, November 26th, 2007
The airwaves are full of cautionary tales of young people with too much money too soon – wretched excess is in, and responsibility seems, well, pretty boring. And your last name doesn’t have to be “Hilton” for you to worry.
Inheritances, trust funds and other benefits from hard-earned family fortunes ...
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Tuesday, July 18th, 2006
The federal estate tax may or may not be repealed or reformed anytime soon. But such discussions in Washington should not dampen the use of irrevocable life insurance trusts as a still very viable and valuable planning tool and technique which has applications beyond the tax efficient ...
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Tuesday, August 16th, 2005
Preplanning your own funeral, while difficult for most of us, can help ease the emotional and financial burden for your survivors at a stressful time. But should you pay in advance for your funeral?
Prepaying for a cemetery plot, for the funeral ...
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Wednesday, July 20th, 2005
True, it may seem unromantic. But couples who plan to exchange marriage vows ought to consider a prenuptial agreement long before saying I do.
Yes, there was a time when only the wealthy executed such agreements. But now more and more couples, especially those who have been married before or who ...
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