Legal fees
Legal fees to settle an estate are generally not deductible for tax purposes. When do legal fees become tax deductible, if ever?….
Estate Litigation
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Rectifying a Will based on a Testator’s True Intentions
Where the language of the Will is unequivocal and approved by the testator, a court will refuse to rectify a will to match the testator’s true intentions…..
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Contested wills, Estate Administration and Probate Applications, Estate Litigation, Estate Planning, WillsThe Trials and Tribulations of Choosing an Executor
Over the last two weeks, a number of blogs have addressed the issue of choosing an executor. Here is a litigator’s perspective (for better or worse).
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Estate Administration, Estate Administration and Probate Applications, Estate Litigation, ExecutorsProportionality: Is there a Place for It in the Estates and Trusts World?
Since the paradigm shift about ten years ago in costs in estate litigation such that costs are to now follow the cause rather than being paid out of the estate automatically, proportionality has become the new kid in town. ….
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Estate Litigation, Executors, Trustee Disputes, Trusts