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6 What’s New in Estate Planning? By Joseph T. Buxton III, CELA Much has happened over the last few years in the eld of estate planning. Most important was the recent decision by Congress on the last day of 2012 to extend the current estate tax exemption of $5 million, which permits individuals to die owning assets of $5 million or less without paying any Federal death tax. It also allows people to make a gift up to $5 million without paying any current gift tax. Any gifts made—over the annual exclusion of $14,000 per year per gift—are deducted from your lifetime estate tax exemption. In addition, the concept of portability was extended, which Smile, Please! By Ellen Dugan Few procedures in the dental world are remembered with fondness, especially not root canals or extractions. ere is nothing quite like them to set the rest of your teeth on edge. Perhaps we should oss twice a day instead of only once? Switch to a new brand of toothpaste? Ban caramels and popcorn forever? A better, more rational approach to dental phobia might be to simply think of something that is ten times worse. en we could sit back and smugly thank our lucky stars we’re not going through that. But what could be ten times worse? How about a nervous crocodile waiting his turn in the dental chair, head back, mouth open wide? is poor guy has to contend with 40 sets of teeth during his lifetime. Or, better yet, a shark with ve, sometimes fteen, rows of rootless teeth. Sharks shed their front row about every eight days which means a lot of trips to means that if your spouse dies with an estate smaller than $5 million and an estate tax return is led for that spouse, the surviving spouse, under most circumstances, is able to claim the unused tax exemption. is means that for an individual who passes with a $3 million estate and the spouse has a $6 million estate, the $6 million estate could claim the unused credit from the deceased spouse and pay no death taxes. Of course, in the present political environment, there is no guarantee that this level of exemption will continue indenitely. Virginia has also made some major changes in its estate planning laws beginning in 2003. Virginia relaxed the rules against perpetual trust, now permitting you to write a trust that can last for many the orthodontist—and skyrocketing dental bills. It also means that during its lifetime, a shark is not only responsible for meal planning, but for practicing good dental hygiene on as many as 20,000 teeth. Elephants are another case of the I’m-glad-I’m-not-one-of-them school of less than happy dental patients— possibly because they nd the dental chair very uncomfortable—or their jaws may simply be overworked and thus too tired to cope any more. Understandable since an elephant’s tooth can weigh up to six pounds, and they’ve got twentysix. at’s more than 150 pounds of teeth if their mouth is healthy. On the lighter end of the tooth scale, mosquitos have 47 knifelike tools referred to as serrated teeth. Fortunately, no one is encouraging them to brush. But when it does come to brushing, all sorts of makeshift inventions—including wooden “chewsticks”—have been tried down through the ages in misguided generations. For example, you could set up a trust for your children and unborn grandchildren. More recently in 2010, Virginia enacted Uniform Power of Attorney Act, which standardizes basic provisions for use in Powers of Attorneys and eliminates for banks and other for rejecting a power of attorney. In fact, if a nancial institution fails to honor your power of attorney drafted under the new statute, there may be consequences for that rejection Finally Virginia has also modied the law respecting medical directives. Your living will and medical power of attorney now can provide authority for your spouse or other agent(s) to make medical decisions for you, if you have been determined to be suering attempts to save at risk teeth. Many were accompanied by equally questionable potions, powders and mouthwashes, including brick dust and pulverized earthenware. Urine from Portugal was said to be an especially prized mouthwash by Romans because of its increased concentration of ammonia. We don’t know what eect this may have had on their romantic relationships or if it reduced trips to the dentist, but we do know that in later years, having teeth trumped charm and beauty every time for a woman. However, there is one woman, perhaps the most famous lady in America, who’s never had to worry about a root canal, even though her mouth is three feet wide. Her name is Libertas, or Lady Liberty, our very own Statue of Liberty who holds a torch and welcomes people. Probably she’s welcomed more than a few dentists in her time, including Dr. Edgar Randolph Parker in 1912. Dr. Parker was a dentist who legally changed his rst Spring 2013 with Alzheimer’s or other forms of mental illness. ose decisions can be made over your protest under most circumstances. e only restriction is that should you be admitted to a hospital, you can only be kept in the hospital up to 10 days over your protest. If at the end of 10 days, you want to go home, you would go home. If any of your documents have not been updated to reect these changes, it is time to sit down with your estate planner to make sure that you have incorporated all the benets of these new statues. Joseph T. Buxton III is Founder of TrustBuilders Law Group Urbanna and is a Certified Elder Law Attorney by the National Elder Law Foundation (CELA). name to “Painless” in an economic quest to ease his patients’ anxieties and to circumvent the spirit of the law prohibiting extravagant or unsubstantiated claims. Painless advertised the “largest bed-equipped dental oce in the world.” It’s not known how successful he was or even if his bed was comfortable. What is known, however, is that another man, in addition to crafting silver goblets and riding through the countryside shouting “the British are coming,” advertised his dental services. Can you imagine today how much better you would feel if you owned a genuine set of teeth by Paul Revere! edugan@chesapeakestyle.com Chesapeake Style Magazine
Spring 2013 7 Style Spotlight~Shelter is home to happy endings By Mari Bonomi “ Where is she?” asked the woman coming through the door of the Northumberland Animal Shelter. “I'm here to take Lady home!” Lady, a sweet-faced Labrador, has found her forever home with Lynn Battaglia, who had stopped by for a visit. Meeting Lady, she knew she had to take this lovely dog home, to be sister to Shadow the Labrador. Now she'd come back to pick up Lady. Happy stories like Lady's “are the reason we're here and why I'm still here,” Fran Warren, the Shelter volunteer supervisor, said. "We work with the animals to get them all happy forever homes. e Shelter has many other happy endings stories. RipRap became a local media star in 2005 when the remodeled Gift and Specialty Shop Saturdays 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. 139 Main St. Warsaw, Va 804-333-3444 804-761-9086 Shelter held its Open House grand opening celebration. Gail and Jerry Grith came to see the facility. Gail said, “I was recovering from surgery and Jerry wanted to take me out. I suggested the Open House, partly to see the quilts that were being sold. Jerry said, “‘I'll take you as long as you don't let me bring a cat home.’ Gail continued, “We were walking through the cat area and I said, Oh! ere's RipRap! He'd disappeared when we moved a couple of years earlier, and we thought he was gone for good. But there he was in a shelter cage. I recognized his pink fur instantly. I said, Rip! and he came over to me and put his head down for petting just like he always did.” RipRap went back to his forever home, where he kept Jerry company in the workshop. e cat shelter area and the many upgrades and improvements to the Shelter have all come from donations. e Shelter is now adding covered exercise areas to improve the experience for its canine guests; the cats now have condos with multiple levels and hammocks. Another happy ending came after a teenager found a stray dog in a yard, a pure-bred black Shepard. It displayed hostility and clearly did Pawsatively Wonderful, Inc. In-Home Extended Stay Pet Sitting Dawn Miller Owner/Pet Sitter 804-824-9160 dmiller@propetsitting.com www.propetsitting.com not want to be in the Shelter. A visitor saw this dog acting up and said, “Be quiet! Sit!” e dog obeyed. Fran realized the dog knew basic commands and was not a feral animal. One of the Shelter volunteers found a missing Shepard from Fairfax County online. e Shelter called the owner, who at rst said, “It can't be mine!” but eventually decided to drive down and see. A tearful reunion ensued. Fran suspects that the dog had been stolen and then either dumped or escaped its captivity. One of the Shelter's favorite stories is about Pearl, the solid-white pit bull. “She is a kind lady,” Fran said, “a darling dog. She's like a lady going to church, you'd better believe she'd be wearing a nice hat.” e Shelter discovered Pearl was deaf, but the volunteers were determined to nd Pearl the right home: one with a fenced yard. One took her to a PetSmart adoption day where Pearl found her forever home with two pit bull playmates and two acres of fenced back yard. Her new humans went to class to learn how to teach Pearl sign language, and her two new siblings gured out how to let Pearl know when their human called them. Right now, at the Shelter, more pets like kitty sisters Hallie and Sylvia, black with uy tails and Isolde, a sweet black beauty, are awaiting adoption. Black cats, sadly, are least likely to nd their forever homes. And then there is Nya. Kate O'Keefe, the Shelter's volunteer Master Dog Walker, brought Nya out to show her o. Nya is approximately nine years old, a “Northern Neck Purebred,” according to volunteer Gayle ompson. She's good with other dogs and terric with people. She's been spayed and though heartworm-positive but will be treated and is healthy. “She really wants her forever home,” part-time Shelter employee Misti Powell said. Fran said, “We have had over 500 animals here this past year. Our save rate was 84% adopted or returned to owners. We want to nd ways to give the rest of these animals their own happy ending.” e Shelter is on Route 360 east of Heathsville next to the county recycling center. Hours are Wednesday and Saturday from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Call Fran at 804-435-2597. From Left, Nya, RipRap, Pearl. Mari Bonomi photos. Pet B & B, LLC We are a home-based Christian dog and cat boarding and doggy day care business where your pet will not miss you while you are away. 2097 Folly Road, Call 804-453-7111 or visit www.PetBandB.com Love, The Kimmitt Family Northern Neck Humane Society NNHS adoptable pets may be seen at the Pet B&B in Heathsville by appointment only. Volunteer, Foster or Adopt pets and/or donate at www.NorthernNeckHumaneSociety.org.
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