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Probate
12/24/2025

Probate

Takeaways • Probate is a legal process for settling an estate. It can be costly and time-consuming but can often be avoided through various estate planning tools. • Probate laws and avoidance strategies vary significantly by state, making it crucial to understand local regulations and update pla...

Annual Gift Tax and Estate Tax Exemptions for 2026
12/24/2025

Annual Gift Tax and Estate Tax Exemptions for 2026

TakeawaysThe federal estate tax exemption for 2026 will increase to $15 million per individual, with married couples exempt up to $30 million. The annual gift tax exclusion will remain at $19,000 per individual for 2026, with a lifetime gift and estate tax exemption of $15 million. The Internal Reve...

IRS Announces 2025 Gift and Estate Tax Exemptions
11/26/2024

IRS Announces 2025 Gift and Estate Tax Exemptions

The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) has released its tax inflation adjustment figures for tax year 2025.Annual Gift Tax ExclusionEffective January 1, 2025, you will be able to make individual gifts of up to $19,000 in the calendar year (an increase from $18,000 in 2024) tax-free. In other words, givi...

Estate Planning Checklist: 5 Initial Steps You Can Take
11/26/2024

Estate Planning Checklist: 5 Initial Steps You Can Take

Most of us spend little time thinking about death or losing the capacity to manage our own affairs. These are unpleasant topics and banishing them from our minds is easier than entertaining them. Death, however, is inevitable and becoming incapacitated is not likely, but possible.What would happen i...

11 Reasons You Need to Create an Estate Plan:
07/31/2024

11 Reasons You Need to Create an Estate Plan:

Many people believe estate plans are only for extremely wealthy families who are looking to reap tax benefits. Or they may delay estate planning because they are young. Others do not understand why an estate plan is important in the first place or feel it’s too morbid a topic. But as the following...

Don't put it off any longer
01/23/2024

Don't put it off any longer

Visiting your attorney to get your estate plan done is one New Year's resolution that you should definitely keep. None of us knows whether or when we may find ourselves seriously injured or sick. But if it does happen, you may not be able to speak for yourself. That's why it is so important to prepa...

Do You Need a Trust?
06/13/2023

Do You Need a Trust?

According to the 2023 Wills and Estate Planning Survey by Caring.com, only 34 percent of Americans have an estate plan. The primary reasons respondents gave for not participating in estate planning are: Procrastination Believing they need more assets Not knowing how to make an estate plan An estate....

Are Wills a public record?
04/19/2023

Are Wills a public record?

Wills contain important information about who receives money, possessions, and property upon a person’s death. Who can view this information, and is it a public record? Once your will goes through probate, it becomes a public record. The probate court must maintain the will so that the public can ...

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