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Panebianco will lead NH Estate Planning Council
Michael P. Panebianco, Esq., AEP, vice president, Cambridge Trust Company of N.H. in Portsmouth, has been elected president of the N.H. Estate Planning Council for a one-year term.
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Mahatma Gandhi's last will and testament and the iconic sandals he wore in the 1920s sell at auction
Mahatma Gandhi's last will and testament and a pair of his iconic sandals have been sold at auction along with 50 items of memorabilia .
Pritzker's $54M Family Trust Fee Seen as Unique
Receiving $54 million in consulting fees for a decade's work on her own family's offshore trusts is unusual and probably saved U.S. Commerce Secretary nominee Penny Pritzker on taxes, according to estate experts.
FSG Bank's Teresa Whitton Earns CFP Designation
The CFP designation is the highest professional designation in the financial planning field.
Don't Bet Your Farm: An Estate Plan Can Help Preserve Assets
As farm land prices increase and equipment, buildings, and other assets are added, farm valuations can often exceed the federal estate tax exemption, making estate planning crucial for preserving one's farming legacy.
Federal judge jails estate lawyer as flight risk, nixes 'bizarre' effort to revoke plea
A Rhode Island estate planning lawyer's effort to revoke his guilty plea in a controversial $30 million elder insurance fraud case was a "bizarre" and unjustified "hatchet job" on Joseph Caramadre's former counsel, a federal judge said Monday.
TaxWatch: Estate planning for the rest of us
Most folks are no longer exposed to the federal estate tax, thanks to today's relatively generous $5.25 million exemption.
As Lewis Schiff and Russ Allen Prince chronicle in The Middle-Class Millionaire: The Rise of the New Rich and How They are Changing America , during the past 20 years, a portion of America's middle class has been pulling away from their neighbors by amassing significant wealth.
Emails at center of estate planner Caramadre's bid to withdraw guilty pleas in investment scheme
Lawyers Anthony Traini and Michael Lepizzera traded dozens of emails in the days leading up to their client, Joseph Caramadre, pleading guilty to charges he defrauded terminally-ill people in a multimillion-dollar investment scheme.
As the saying goes, death, like taxes, is one of the few certainties in our world.
Biz Brain: Retirement savings for an infant
Q. I am looking to open a trust fund for an 8-month-old baby boy. I would like him to have something when he gets old enough to retire, but I'm not sure where to start.
CLE on Beneficiary Designation Problems
The American Bar Association Section of Real Property, Trust and Estate Law will sponsor a CLE entitled, When Good Benes Go Bad or Missing Beneficiary Designation Problems with Qualified Plans and IRAs: How to Identify, Avoid and FixThem , on May 22, 2013.
Mark E. Adamczyk: Are only board members required to be certified in...
Editor's note: Attorneys at Goede, Adamczyk & DeBoest, PLLC respond to questions about Florida community association law.
Lessons in estate planning from Warren Buffett
I've never had the pleasure of meeting Marvin Blum. But if I ever do, I'd like to shake his hand.
Biz Brain: What a revocable trust can do for you
Q. I am 80, single and in good health. I have $250,000 in an IRA and $250,000 in an annuity.
RIVERSIDE: Caring for loved ones discussion set
Riverside estate planning attorney Dennis Sandoval and his geriatric care manager, Diana Ramirez, will be co-presenting "Caring For Your Loved Ones: Important Legal Documents" on May 22, at 10 a.m. The presentations are being co-sponsored by Inland Caregiver Resource Center, Health Essentials, Raincross at Riverside Assisted Living Center and ... (more)
If Only he'D Been a Tea Partier, with a Copy of the Declaration of...
Do you how much media a effort has been devoted to a unearthing what Dzhokhar Tsarnaev apparently thought was his last will and testament? But somehow, the cops held it tight until yesterday.
Phoebe Venable: Keep up with changes to estate tax laws
President Barack Obama's proposed budget plan for 2014 came out in early April, and people are starting to process what it all means.
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24th Annual Estate Planning and Probate Drafting Course
The State Bar of Texas is presenting the 24th Annual Estate Planning and Probate Drafting Course in Houston, TX on October 24-25, 2013.
Protecting your future: Joint tenancy as only plan could get complicated
No matter what your asset level, no one wants to spend money unnecessarily, including for services thought to be unnecessary.