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While a will serves the purpose there may be reasons for you to look at an alternative way to distribute assets such as an alter ego trust.
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Traditions aside…consider an alter ego trust Continue Reading »
Estate Planning, Trusts, WillsIn their later years, donors often make commitments to charities with respect to the charitable giving that they intend to carry out during their lifetimes. Often these commitments are expressed by means of the donor and the charity entering into a written charitable pledge agreement…..
Ensuring Charitable Pledges Are Honoured Following Death Continue Reading »
Charitable Giving, Estate Administration, Estate Planning, Wills‘Granny dumping’, not so lovingly defined as elderly people being abandoned by relatives or others in emergency departments, is happening close to home. It is the end of the spectrum of baby dumping. What a sad comment on our society today and ultimately, ourselves. I believe that how we treat our elders is an indication of how we as a society are faring. We are not doing well. How desperate….
Granny Dumping- a sad comment Continue Reading »
Elder Care, Estate Planning, In the NewsI’m often asked what is an “up-to-date” Will? Although Wills do not expire, it is essential that you periodically review the document to ensure its continued validity…..
I’ve prepared my Will, now what? Continue Reading »
Estate Planning, WillsMultiply the tax savings by creating another taxpayer with reference to a testamentary trust in your will…..
Multiply the tax saving with multiple trusts Continue Reading »
Estate Administration, Estate Planning, Executors, Trusts, WillsStieg Larsson, author of the Millennium Trilogy of crime novels, ultimately died without a Will. This left his long term lover Eva Gabrielsson without any claim to his Estate which under Swedish law would pass to his father and brother…..
