If you have been asked to serve as the executor of an estate in Woodland Hills, a potentially daunting task lies before you: determining the fair market value of the estate’s inventory. Many go into an estate distribution vastly overestimating the value its...
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Special Needs Trusts in United Kingdom
For Woodland Hills residents who begin seriously contemplating estate planning at a later age, the care of their children may not be at the forefront of their minds, given that the children are likely adults. Yet what about adult children with special needs? According...
Understanding estate taxes
Many of the San Fernando Valley residents that come to see us here at The all share the same concern: estate taxes. If you are current going through a transition of assets following a loved one’s death, this is definitely a topic...
The details behind DNR orders in United Kingdom
When most in Woodland Hills contemplate the topic of estate planning, they no doubt immediately associate it with maintaining the power to enforce decisions after one dies. Yet what about maintaining that same control before one’s death? Another vital component...
Woman claims both her husband’s and mother-in-law’s estates
Woodland Hills residents likely often hear estate planning experts talk about the importance of setting up a will sooner rather than later. The reason behind this urgency may be to ensure that people avoid putting it off until it is too late. When one dies intestate,...
Comparing living trusts to wills
When asked which documents are associated with estate planning, most in Woodland Hills would likely say a will. Yet in some cases, some may confuse the legal characteristics of a will with that of a trust. Yet a will and a trust are not the same thing. Where a will is...
Family, friends of Huguette Clark continue to battle over estate
The ultimate goal of estate planning is so that residents of San Fernando Valley can help to avoid causing any tension amongst those that they care about after they are gone. The potential for discord can be high when it comes to one’s estate, particularly if he...
How can you talk to your beneficiaries about their inheritance?
The last thing that you want is for the terms of your estate to create discord amongst your family once you are gone. This then prompts the question of how can you have a frank discussions with your future heirs and beneficiaries about their inheritance. According to...
How do you file estate taxes?
When you are named as the executor of an estate in Woodland Hills, one of the tasks that you are expected to oversee as part of the probate administration process is the filing of estate taxes. Fortunately, filing an estate tax return isn’t all that different...
Avoiding the potential of public guardianship
If you’re like most, you probably think that we here at The stress the importance of estate planning so that you can control what happens with your assets when you die. Yet could it also be that we want you to avoid having to...