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  • Prop. 19 and Its Effect on the Parent-Child Property Tax Reassessment Exclusion in California
    In 2021, Prop. 19 went into effect and modified existing law as it relates to any California real property purchases or transfers between parents and children.
  • How to Fund Your Revocable Trust
    Proper funding of your trust is vital to ensuring your wishes are followed and ensure those you intent to inherit from you do and in the way you intend.
  • How to Legally Protect Yourself When Your Teenager Starts to Drive
    How to Legally Protect Yourself When Your Teenager Starts to Drive and How to Protect Your Young Adult Child With the Right Legal Documents POA and Health Care
  • What is a Clayton Election Trust?
    Having the right marital funding formula in a joint revocable trust is critical especially in light of the upcoming 2025 estate tax exemption cliff
  • Current State of the Federal Estate Tax
    The Federal Estate Tax Exemption is a healthy $12,060,000 now (2022), but the expiration of the current law is coming at the end of 2025 cutting it in half
  • When Can a Specific Bequest Fail in a Trust or a Will?
    Learn how to make sure a specific bequest in your Will or Trust is enforceable. It matters the way the language is drafted in your Will or Trust.
  • Why Some May Want to Set Up an Irrevocable Grantor Trust Now
    Setting up an irrevocable Grantor trust may be a smart move to allow use of the currently high estate and gift tax exemption before the exemption cliff in 2025
  • Black Panther Star, Chadwick Boseman, Died Without a Will
  • IRS Regulations Regarding the SECURE Act Rules for Beneficiaries of Retirement Accounts
  • The Top Issues You Need to Know About When Co-Owning Property with Your Children
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