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Estates & Trusts

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Recorded on: Feb. 6, 2013

Taken from the briefing American Taxpayer Relief Act of 2012: Permanency at Last? recorded February, 2013. On January 1, 2013, Congress passed the American Taxpayer Relief Act of 2012, and President Obama signed the Act into law on January 2, 2013. Sanford (“Sandy”) J. Schlesinger, the founding partner of Schlesinger Gannon & Lazetera LLP, will discuss the transfer tax aspects of the Act. Lecture Topics  [Total ...

From the program: International Estate & Tax Planning 2013

Released on: May. 7, 2013

Individuals with connections to more than one country - international private clients - need sophisticated succession and tax planning advisors to help them navigate a complex and sometimes treacherous legal, tax and regulatory environment. These clients include U.S. persons with assets or beneficiaries outside the United States, as well as non-U.S. persons with U.S. connections. Their advisors must view a client’s specific circumstances ...

From the program: Estate Planning Institute (44th Annual)

Released on: Oct. 1, 2013

The American Taxpayer Relief Act of 2012 (the “2012 Tax Act”), which was enacted on January 2, 2013, made “permanent” many of the changes of the federal transfer tax system that were part of the Tax Relief, Unemployment Insurance Reauthorization, and Job Creation Act of 2010 and that were scheduled to expire at the end of 2012. In addition, the 2012 Tax Act made significant federal income tax changes. Further, President Obama’s budget for the government’s ...

From the program: Connecting the Dots: Family Law, Housing Law, and Trusts and Estates Practitioners Discuss Mortgage Debt, Families and Foreclosure (Free)

Released on: Jun. 12, 2012

View this training for an overview of legal and practical problems that arise within families and with mortgage servicers regarding mortgage debts, mortgage delinquencies and foreclosure when real property is co-owned by family members or is transferred in connection with death or divorce or other family changes.  During the session, practitioners specializing in family law, trusts and estates and housing law, respectively, will provide ...

From the program: Elder Law Institute (25th Annual)

Released on: May. 1, 2013

The 25th Annual Elder Law Institute presents current legal topics that are of importance to your older clients, and all your younger clients with aging parents. Many of the subjects covered this year focus on planning for incapacity, paying for health care, and maintaining the legal autonomy and dignity of your aging clients. The subject of elder law is becoming a part of every practice - we cannot stop the aging process, nor the reality that ...

From the program: End-of-Life Planning for the Low-Income Client (Free)

Released on: Jul. 12, 2013

End of Life Planning is, like Death and Taxes, one of those things that can go from an easy, informative and straightforward conversation to a drawn-out nightmare if ignored. Low income and very low-income clients, unlike the average middle class client, frequently do not understand the importance of, for example, having identified caretakers for their minor children in place. They frequently resort to “no planning” or improvised planning which does ...

From the program: New Jersey Basic CLE Marathon 2012

Recorded on: Jun. 1, 2012

Taken from the Web Program New Jersey Basic CLE Marathon 2012 recorded May, 2012 in New York. Lecture Topics  [01:00:22] Basic Estate Administration  [01:00:22] Collecting information on the decedent Probate process Collecting, managing and distributing probate assets Estate and inheritance taxes Termination of the estate administration The purchase price of this segment includes the following article ...

From the program: New Jersey Basic CLE Marathon 2013

Recorded on: May. 29, 2013

This program contains 4 NJ NA categories for 6.5 hours. They are 1.2 credits of New Jersey Basic Estate Planning (NA2) , 2.9 credits of Civil Trial Practice – The Trial  (NA3), 1.2 credits of New Jersey Real Estate Closing Procedures (NA5), and 1.2 credits of New Jersey Trust and Business Accounting (NA6).Taken from the Web Program New Jersey Basic CLE Marathon 2013 recorded May, 2013 in New York.Lecture Topics  [01:02:53]New Jersey Basic ...

Recorded on: Jul. 12, 2013

Taken from the briefing Supreme Court, DOMA and Proposition 8: Implications for the Future recorded July, 2013.In United States v. Windsor the Court struck down Section 3 of the Defense of Marriage Act and inHollingsworth v. Perry the Court dismissed an appeal defending California's Proposition 8.Please listen to Erwin Chemerinsky, Founding Dean and Distinguished Professor of Law at the University of California, Irvine ...