Estate Planning QA: Trusts
Estate Planning QA: Trusts
Owning property jointly, or making gifts immediately prior to death, only work for people who do not have federal estate tax problems. Owning property jointly with another individual inhibits and prevents certain federal estate tax avoidance techniques.
Estate Planning QA: Estate Planning
Estate Planning QA: Estate Planning
It is possible throughout this Estate Planning Q&A Series that one or more of the following questions and answers will help you understand a deceptively complicated area of the law, i.e., Estate Planning. Why should you try to understand the dense, boring, and complicated information in this portion of our firm’s website?
Estate Planning QA: Providing Others with the Power to Make Medical and Legal Decisions
Estate Planning QA: Providing Others with the Power to Make Medical and Legal Decisions
A “Living Will” is sometimes referred to as a “Medical Directive.” This document was prompted by some well publicized cases involving parents or spouses keeping comatose persons alive only in a technical sense and long after all brain activity had ceased.
City Denies Hawthorn Appeal, Allows Andy’s Sign Request
City Denies Hawthorn Appeal, Allows Andy’s Sign Request
The Columbia Board of Adjustment denied an appeal from Hawthorn Bank requesting a wall sign on the western side of the building facing the Boone County Courthouse during its meeting Tuesday night.
The Process of Purchasing Real Estate
The Process of Purchasing Real Estate
If anyone is interested in purchasing land on which a business is operating or purchasing land on which they intend to develop a business or land on which a significant commercial or residential exists, they need a real estate attorney. There are many common mistakes made during the purchasing process that can cost the buyer all or a portion of the value of their investment.