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Unequal Inheritances Can Be Fair
The important thing to acknowledge is that the emotions behind the reasons are not trivial, but are important and should not be dismissed or minimized.
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The important thing to acknowledge is that the emotions behind the reasons are not trivial, but are important and should not be dismissed or minimized.
Establishing an estate plan is extremely important. As life changes, it is necessary to update your plan to fit new circumstances.
Traditional, very simple estate planning may not be sufficient to accomplish estate planning goals in many blended family situations.
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The ‘HEMS’ (health, education, maintenance, support) standard in estate planning is used to guide trustees in how/when they should release funds to a beneficiary.
One of the most useful estate planning tools is a trust, which can be used to create a legacy of wealth and protecting assets. One question to consider when creating one, is whether a grantor or non-grantor trust is more appropriate. A non-grantor trust is any trust that is not a grantor trust.
As a Mecklenburg County trust lawyer, I am often asked by parents if it is possible to protect an inheritance for an adult child who
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