Estate planning can enable you to control your property while you are alive, take care of you and your loved ones if you become disabled, and give what you have to whom you want, the way you want, and when you want, and if you wish, you can save e ...

An estate plan can be designed by clients and their professional advisors to achieve the client¡¯s personal and financial objectives. Or, it can be an arrangement imposed upon survivors by state intestate succession laws if someone dies with?out a ...

Do you know what happens if you die without a will? The courts will decide who will raise your children, manage your assets, inherit your possessions, and administer your estate. Heirs must usually agree on a court appointed administrator. If som ...

When it comes to discussing offshore anything and US citizens - from offshore trusts to investments, from offshore banking to company incorporation - it¡¯s important to note the following facts: -

- US citizens are taxed on their worldwide in ...

One of the biggest areas of dispute in estate planning is with second marriages. Here is a question I received. I¡¯ve changed the facts around so that I am not giving specific legal advice.

Phil,

My dad, age 87, is getting married soon ...

A surprising number of readers want to know \r"Can a living trust protect my family's assets from creditors \rand lawsuits?"

I think there are some promoters out there that use this as a \rpitch to get people to set up a living trust using t ...