Here is a checklist of things to cover when working with your attorney on your estate plan: Confirm your “domicile” state to avoid multi-state tax and administrative problems. Execute or…
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The new estate tax legislation, passed by Congress on December 17, 2010, will greatly change the estate tax as we have known it. The key feature of the legislation is…
PLAN FOR ESTATE TAX CHANGES BEFORE THE NEW YEAR As things currently stand, with less than a month to go in the 2010 tax year, the federal estate tax and…
A SPOUSE CAN DECLINE TO INHERIT UNDER HER SPOUSE’S WILL AND, INSTEAD, CAN TAKE A THIRD OF HER SPOUSE’S ESTATE If your spouse passes away while domiciled in Maine, you…
The issue of the rights of a married person to claim a share of the estate of a deceased spouse contrary to the terms of the deceased spouse’s Will and…