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Legal Resources: Estate Planning

Is an Estate Plan Necessary? Part 1. 

Stephanie Woods | September 14, 2022 | Estate Planning

Is an Estate Plan Necessary? Part 1.  Short answer? No, estate planning is not necessary in the strictest sense of the word. The correct answer? Yes! It is absolutely necessary. Many people refuse to think about what could happen if

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It’s The Time for Gifting

Kelsi Lane | February 4, 2022 | Estate Planning

The IRS has raised the annual gift exclusion to $16,000 for 2022.1 What does that mean? An individual may gift to any other individual $16,000 in 2022 without reporting the gift. The recipient of the gift also does not need

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I Wasn’t Invited To the Will Reading!?

Kelsi Lane | October 19, 2021 | Estate Planning

Hollywood magic has created the expectation that once someone passes away, the family will gather at the deceased’s attorney’s office and sit expectantly to hear the reading of the Will. Formal readings of a Will are just that, Hollywood Magic,

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I Can’t Find The Will! What Do I Do?

Kelsi Lane | October 19, 2021 | Estate Planning

Many families call in asking a key question, “Is there a registry in Arizona? I can’t find my deceased loved one’s Will.” The answer may surprise you… Arizona does not have a registry or database of Wills. The Will is

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Estate/Gift Tax Exemption Could be Reduced by 50 Percent by 2022

Michael Ferrin | September 24, 2021 | Estate Planning

A little mentioned curve-ball in the September House Ways and Means Committee proposed tax package which would raise top tax rates on ordinary income to nearly 40 percent (and capital gains to 25 percent), is that there are also considerable

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What Blended Families Need to Know About Intestacy and Estate Planning

Sarah Clifford | July 30, 2021 | Estate Planning

“Bruce told me it didn’t matter if he did estate planning,” Dolores* said, thumping into the conference room chair. She looked like she’d stepped straight out of a 1950’s beauty salon, her powder-white hair rolled into thick curls, her lipstick,

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Wealth and Tax Planning: The (multi) million-dollar question is use it or lose it?

Michael Ferrin | April 27, 2021 | Estate Planning

When it comes to tax planning in 2021…the message might just be: Use it NOW, Before it’s Too Late If you have assets that total $3,500,000 or more, you should seriously explore whether you need to do some estate tax

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The Environment is Changing for Estate Planning – here is an update.

Michael Ferrin | March 16, 2021 | Estate Planning

With a Democrat-dominant Senate, major adjustments to the estate and gift tax rules may be proposed by Congress soon. The modifications could potentially reverse parts of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017 (“TCJA”), which was passed by the

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How to transfer real estate to your children in New Mexico without going through probate

Ingrid M. Carlin | November 18, 2020 | Estate Planning

We get a lot of calls from Legal Shield Members regarding what the best way would be to transfer their property to their adult children without having to go through probate. There are several different ways you can transfer property

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Election Protection: How to Guard Your Assets by Putting a Strategic Gifting Plan in Place NOW

Michael Ferrin | September 21, 2020 | Estate Planning

November Could Bring About Dramatic Changes to Estate Taxes Retroactive to January 2021 If you have assets that total $3,500,000 or more, you should seriously explore whether you need to do some estate tax planning before the end of the

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