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Written by Steve Nofar
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Estate planning is all about control. With an estate plan you can control both financial and non-financial aspects of your estate. At your death you can designate “who gets what and when they get it”. For many people, the most compelling reason for having an estate plan is to make sure their intended beneficiaries receive their estate assets and to make sure certain others do not receive their estate assets. The truth is if you do nothing (i.e. have no estate plan in place at death) your state of residence and the probate court(s) where assets are located will step in and transfer your assets according to a state created will ("intestate succession"). This state created will may distribute your estate to people that were not intended to benefit from your estate. Without an estate plan, you are essentially forfeiting control of your estate. As you will see in this article, this is especially true for same-sex couples and unmarried heterosexual cohabitants (aka "partners").
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Written by Steve Nofar
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April 15th is the deadline to file your individual income tax return. For those who have not yet filed your taxes, here are a few tips to consider:
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Written by Jano Hanna
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Right now before the U.S. Supreme Court is the case of District of Columbia v. Heller, Docket No. 07-290. The Court is being asked to decide whether Washington D.C.’s ban on handgun ownership violates the Constitution’s Second Amendment right to “keep and bear arms.” The Court hasn't heard a pure Second Amendment case since 1939 when the Justices unanimously ruled that the Constitution did not bar Congress from requiring the registration of sawed-off shotguns (United States vs. Miller 307 U.S. 174 (U.S. SCt. 1939). Discuss this article on the forums. (7 posts) |
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Written by Steve Nofar
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Confidentiality Agreements are used in trade and business to protect ideas and trade secrets. Clients often assume that Confidentiality Agreements are simple boilerplate documents which can be recycled from your last client by simply changing names and dates from its last use. However, you as the attorney (or future attorney) know that a Confidentiality Agreement needs to be tailor-made and custom fitted for each client in order to protect your client’s property rights. Below are a few items to consider when drafting a Confidentiality Agreement for your client. Please Note: Readers of this article are cautioned not to rely on this article as legal advice as it is no substitution for legal representation with a licensed attorney in your state. Also see Legalnut’s Terms of Use Page.
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Written by Steve Nofar
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Scammers are very creative. They will find just about every way to gain your trust and lure you into a scam to take your identity and your money. And, if you are not careful, you could become their next victim. The information in this article is based on information found at IRS.gov. Specifically, this article is a summary of the latest scams using the IRS name. For more details, please visit IRS.gov for the article titled IRS Warns of New E-Mail and Telephone Scams Using the IRS Name; Advance Payment Scams Starting. |
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