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  • The Inflation Reduction Act
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  • What Makes a Will or Trust Invalid
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  • The Little Things May be the Most Important
  • Turning the Page on 2018 and Looking Forward to 2019
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  • The Importance of Insuring Real Estate
  • It’s Better to Give, Especially This Year
  • What Is a HIPAA Release?
  • How Will You Obtain the Care You Need?
  • Tax Tips after New Year
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  • How Estate Planning for a Family May Trap the Unwary Practitioner
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  • What’s Estate Planning Got to do with Interest Rates – Part II
  • What’s Estate Planning Got to do with Interest Rates – Part I
  • How Do I Trust Thee…Part III
  • How Do I Trust Thee…Part I
  • The Toll of Serving as Fiduciary
  • What an In Terrerem Clause Can Do for You
  • The Power in Powers of Appointment
  • Business Succession Planning May Be Easier than You Think
  • Application of the Transfer for Value Rule to the Sale of Life Insurance
  • What Estate of Marion Levine Means for Life Insurance
  • Let’s Talk about Trusts…and Taxation
  • Just When You Thought You Understood the 10-Year Rule, Think Again
  • Double Your Gifting with Spousal Gift-Splitting
  • The Intersection of Legacy Contacts and Estate Planning
  • State Income Taxation of Social Security Benefits
  • Practical Lessons in Drafting
  • The Sky Isn’t Falling
  • Tax Planning for 2022
  • It’s Better to Give Than to Receive
  • The Other Side of the Unauthorized Practice of Law
  • Estate Planning Reduces Stress During High Anxiety Times
  • Living in a Digital World and the Importance of Planning for Cryptocurrency
  • Don’t be a Turkey – Use Your Annual Per Donee Exclusion Amount
  • How Estate Planning Documents Help Prevent Elder Abuse
  • How Using Specific Bequests Could Cost Beneficiaries their Inheritance
  • Donor Advised Funds: Too Good to Be True?
  • Changing “Irrevocable” Trusts Through Judicial and Nonjudicial Modification
  • Advantages of Using a “Grantor Trust” in Planning
  • Changing “Irrevocable” Trusts Through Decanting
  • Taxation of Nongrantor Trusts
  • Dangers of Do-It-Yourself Estate Planning
  • Trust Distribution Standards May Be Very Broad
  • Revocable Trusts Are Not Always Treated the Same as an Individual
  • Roth IRAs Can Be a Great Planning Strategy: Advanced
  • The Role of the Estate Planning Attorney
  • Use It Before It’s Gone
  • ABLE Accounts Complement Special Needs Trusts
  • CRT: Best Tool for Proposed Tax Changes?
  • Dynasty Trusts
  • Beneficiary Designations
  • Beneficiary Designations and the SECURE Act Basics
  • Beneficiary Designations and the SECURE Act: Eligible Designated Beneficiaries
  • Assignment and Nominee
  • Fair Isn’t Always Equal and Vice Versa
  • The Questions of Estate Planning, Part 4: Where
  • The Questions of Estate Planning, Part 3: When
  • The Questions of Estate Planning, Part 2
  • The Questions of Estate Planning, Part I: Who
  • Planning for the Unexpected
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  • The Importance of Communicating Your Plans
  • How Much is Too Much?
  • Many Reasons to Plan
  • Why Crowdfunding May Cost You Medicaid Eligibility
  • Clarity is Key to Planning
  • Kiddie Tax is Worse Than Ever
  • Staying Current on Estate Planning
  • New Tax Proposal re: Retirement Savings
  • Making Trusts More Flexible
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  • Modifying an Irrevocable Trust
  • When and Where You Die Matters
  • Planning is Critical
  • New Estate Tax Proposal
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  • What Are 529 Plans and What Are Their Advantages?
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  • New Tax Proposals
  • Beneficiary Designations, etc., Aren’t a True Substitute for a Trust
  • Selecting an Agent under a Power of Attorney
  • Grantor Trusts Provide Flexibility and Ease
  • QDRO: Not Just for Divorce Anymore
  • How Are Trusts Taxed?
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