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When Funding Trusts it is Critical to use New Higher Estate Tax Limits - posted: March 21, 2006 - author: Dennis M. Mitzel - Many estate plans were established at a time when the Federal Estate Tax Exemption was somewhere between $600,000 and $675,000. In the last 2 1/2 years the estate tax exemption has risen dramatically first to $1 million and now to $1.5 million per person. The current law would send the estate tax exemption on a roller coaster ride, first up and then down, according to the following schedule. click here for full text.

Estate Planning Considerations for Parents of a Disabled Child - posted: March 21, 2006 - author: From Berry Moorman P.C. - Although estate planning is important for everyone, it can be especially critical for parents of a disabled child. Below are some important estate planning issues for you to consider if your child is disabled. Typically, parents want all their children to receive an equal share of their property upon their deaths. However, if one child is disabled, that child may not be able to provide for himself or herself in the future. Should all or most of the estate be made available for that click here for full text.

ASSET PROTECTION - posted: March 21, 2006 - author: From Hulse - Stucki - "Asset protection" is an advanced form of estate planning. The purpose of asset protection and estate planning is to: (1) protect the assets and property that you have accumulated; and (2) shelter your assets and income from contingent liabilities. Your assets and their proceeds can be protected to provide for your family, to provide for your children's college education, reduce income and estate tax burdens, provide sufficient moneys for retirement, and to plan for, and minimize, the hardships in the event click here for full text.

The Family Legacy Trust: An old concept gains new attentio - posted: March 21, 2006 - author: Mark Albertson - You spend decades working hard, making good decisions, and building wealth through your profession, your business, and your personal investing. You now have more wealth than you will use during your lifetime, and because of this, the hope of all parents, that their children will be better-off than they were, can be realized by passing your wealth on to the next generation. After you are gone, the kids can have comfortable lives, have more options than you did click here for full text.

Remember the Alamo State - posted: March 21, 2006 - author: Earl Croman - The Texas limited partnership would seem to offer the embattled debtor the best protection against the onslaught of a creditor. The ramparts of the Texas LP fortress are well defended, and the battle may be won at this first approach. Texas is in the category of states where the burden of proof is on the purported creditor, rather than on the debtor, in the question of whether there was intent to defraud (which is the sole basis of the creditor's attack in the first place). This standpoint of the law as to who has the burden of proof click here for full text.

Asset Protection & Preservations Techniques - posted: March 21, 2006 - author: Steven B. Kray, Esq. - In ASSET PROTECTION & PRESERVATION planning, each client will have a varied and diverse financial and family circumstance that will affect his or her overall plan. It is not as simple as "forming a limited partnership" or a "establishing a trust." Even if the client is not focused at this time on the benefits of an asset protection plan, one day they may be, and when that day comes, hopefully their form of doing business will be easily adaptable into an click here for full text.

Selection of Entities to Hold Assets or Do Business - posted: March 21, 2006 - author: Steven B. Kray, Esq. - The following article discusses typical uses of various business entities to achieve asset protection objectives. It is important to note that a fundamental issue when considering the use of a formal entity to operate a trade or business focuses in part on the degree of asset protection the entity will afford. The most typical used of these types of formal entities are Limited Liability Companies, Limited Partnerships and Corporations (C or S). An investor will be reluctant to invest in a trade click here for full text.

Basic Methods of Asset Protection - posted: March 21, 2006 - author: From Bowie & Jensen, LLC - Where considerable wealth is involved, assets can be protected by holding property in certain offshore countries, or in an offshore corporation. Many countries, such as Barbados and Bermuda, do not recognize United States laws or judgments. All a creditor can do is file an independent action in the applicable country, and seek to obtain judgment. This is very costly. Also, many countries do not have sophisticated judgment enforcement systems, making the forced sale of real property very difficult click here for full text.

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