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On Behalf of The Manna Helmy Law Group | Apr 4, 2012 | Estate Planning, Trusts
Two years before his death in 2004, singer Ray Charles created a $500,000 trust for each of his 12 children. In exchange, they were to relinquish and waive any further claims to his estate. That, at least, is what The Ray Charles Foundation claims in a lawsuit it...
On Behalf of The Manna Helmy Law Group | Mar 31, 2012 | Asset Protection, Trusts
As we have pointed out before on this blog, asset protection planning is a discipline that often goes along with estate planning and which involves a number of techniques that have the goal of protecting one's assets from claims of creditors, though without engaging...
On Behalf of The Manna Helmy Law Group | Mar 23, 2012 | Estate Planning, Trusts, Wills
The recent death of Whitney Houston has been an occasion for the music industry to mourn one of its greatest talents. For estate planners, it has been an occasion to learn from mistakes she and her attorneys made in her own estate plan.Two weeks ago, Whitney Houston's...
On Behalf of The Manna Helmy Law Group | Mar 9, 2012 | Inheritance And Estate Tax, Trusts
Minimizing estate and gifts taxes is an issue which is on the minds of a lot of those with estate plans. And minimizing estate and gift taxes is a central goal of estate planning attorneys, who employ a number of tools and approaches to get the job done.For those who...
On Behalf of The Manna Helmy Law Group | Mar 8, 2012 | Estate Planning, Trusts
As some of our readers have experienced firsthand, divorce can have an impact on how one approaches estate planning. Conversely, the way one constructs one's estate plan can impact divorce. One of the ways it can do this is in the area of property distribution. For...
On Behalf of The Manna Helmy Law Group | Jan 13, 2012 | Estate Planning, Trusts
Ensuring that a loved one with special needs is properly cared for is often a burden for many families. The number of families dealing with this challenge is not small either. Census statistics show that roughly 21 million families are currently caring for an...
On Behalf of The Manna Helmy Law Group | Dec 30, 2011 | Trusts
Our readers have likely heard of the possibility of going with trust-based estate plan and the various benefits of trusts. Many people, in particular, have questions about how income tax impacts trusts. Here we'll look at some basic trust income taxation...
On Behalf of The Manna Helmy Law Group | Nov 11, 2011 | Estate Planning, Inheritance And Estate Tax, Trusts
At present, several factors are combining to make for wonderful conditions for wealth preservation in estate planning. Those factors are favorable tax laws, a struggling economy, and low interest rates. Taking advantage of the current estate planning environmentAt...
On Behalf of The Manna Helmy Law Group | Oct 13, 2011 | Trusts
With Steve Jobs' success as an entrepreneur, many would no doubt have been interested to know what his estate might look like. But it seems that he wished to avoid the publicity.Our readers might be interested to learn that the recently deceased Steve Jobs and his...
On Behalf of The Manna Helmy Law Group | Sep 29, 2011 | Trusts
In our previous post, we began looking at the role special needs trusts can play in seeing to the financial well-being of disabled children once the parents are gone.As we noted, such trusts can be useful for leaving funds, providing housing, and seeing to long-term...
On Behalf of The Manna Helmy Law Group | Apr 4, 2012 | Estate Planning, Trusts
Two years before his death in 2004, singer Ray Charles created a $500,000 trust for each of his 12 children. In exchange, they were to relinquish and waive any further claims to his estate. That, at least, is what The Ray Charles Foundation claims in a lawsuit it...
On Behalf of The Manna Helmy Law Group | Mar 31, 2012 | Asset Protection, Trusts
As we have pointed out before on this blog, asset protection planning is a discipline that often goes along with estate planning and which involves a number of techniques that have the goal of protecting one's assets from claims of creditors, though without engaging...
On Behalf of The Manna Helmy Law Group | Mar 23, 2012 | Estate Planning, Trusts, Wills
The recent death of Whitney Houston has been an occasion for the music industry to mourn one of its greatest talents. For estate planners, it has been an occasion to learn from mistakes she and her attorneys made in her own estate plan.Two weeks ago, Whitney Houston's...
On Behalf of The Manna Helmy Law Group | Mar 9, 2012 | Inheritance And Estate Tax, Trusts
Minimizing estate and gifts taxes is an issue which is on the minds of a lot of those with estate plans. And minimizing estate and gift taxes is a central goal of estate planning attorneys, who employ a number of tools and approaches to get the job done.For those who...
On Behalf of The Manna Helmy Law Group | Mar 8, 2012 | Estate Planning, Trusts
As some of our readers have experienced firsthand, divorce can have an impact on how one approaches estate planning. Conversely, the way one constructs one's estate plan can impact divorce. One of the ways it can do this is in the area of property distribution. For...
On Behalf of The Manna Helmy Law Group | Jan 13, 2012 | Estate Planning, Trusts
Ensuring that a loved one with special needs is properly cared for is often a burden for many families. The number of families dealing with this challenge is not small either. Census statistics show that roughly 21 million families are currently caring for an...
On Behalf of The Manna Helmy Law Group | Dec 30, 2011 | Trusts
Our readers have likely heard of the possibility of going with trust-based estate plan and the various benefits of trusts. Many people, in particular, have questions about how income tax impacts trusts. Here we'll look at some basic trust income taxation...
On Behalf of The Manna Helmy Law Group | Nov 11, 2011 | Estate Planning, Inheritance And Estate Tax, Trusts
At present, several factors are combining to make for wonderful conditions for wealth preservation in estate planning. Those factors are favorable tax laws, a struggling economy, and low interest rates. Taking advantage of the current estate planning environmentAt...
On Behalf of The Manna Helmy Law Group | Oct 13, 2011 | Trusts
With Steve Jobs' success as an entrepreneur, many would no doubt have been interested to know what his estate might look like. But it seems that he wished to avoid the publicity.Our readers might be interested to learn that the recently deceased Steve Jobs and his...
On Behalf of The Manna Helmy Law Group | Sep 29, 2011 | Trusts
In our previous post, we began looking at the role special needs trusts can play in seeing to the financial well-being of disabled children once the parents are gone.As we noted, such trusts can be useful for leaving funds, providing housing, and seeing to long-term...
