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TABLE OF CONTENTS Note: Minnesota cases are indicated below by an asterisk before the case name. I. UNIFORM PROBATE CODE .........................................................................................1 A. Effect of Fraud and Evasion: 1-106 .....................................................................1 1. In re Estate of McKee ........................................................................................1 B. Intestate Estate; Share of the Spouse: 2-102 ......................................................1 1. Pestrikoff v. Hoff...............................................................................................1 C. Intestate Succession for Heirs Other Than Surviving Spouse: 2-103; and Requirement that Heir Survive Decedent for 120 Hours: 2-104 ......................2 1. Amen v. Astrue .................................................................................................2 D. Parent and child relationship: 2-114 ...................................................................3 1. In re Estate of Boehm ........................................................................................3 E. Execution; Witnessed Wills: 2-502 ......................................................................3 1. Farrell v. McDonnell .........................................................................................3 2. Glenn v. Roberts ................................................................................................4 F. Harmless Error: 2-503 ..........................................................................................5 1. In re Estate of Ehrlich ........................................................................................5 G. Nonexoneration: 2-607..........................................................................................6 1. In re Estate of Afrank ........................................................................................6 H. Life Insurance; Retirement Plan; Account with POD Designation; Transfer-on-Death Registration; Deceased Beneficiary: UPC 2-805; Reformation to Correct Mistakes: 2-706 ............................................................6 1. Morey v. Everbank ............................................................................................6 I. Effect of Divorce, Annulment, and Decree of Separation: 2-802 .....................7 1. Johnson v. Wilson .............................................................................................7 J. Revocation by Dissolution of Marriage; No Revocation by Other Changes of Circumstances: 2-804 .......................................................................................8 1. Malloy v. Malloy ...............................................................................................8 2. Thrivent Financial for Lutherans v. Andronescu ..............................................8 K. When Disclaimer is Barred or Limited: 2-1106 .................................................9 1. In re Estate of Gardner ......................................................................................9 L. Probate, Testacy and Appointment Proceedings; Ultimate Time Limit: 3- 108..........................................................................................................................10 1. In re Estate of Strand .......................................................................................10 M. Priority Among Persons Seeking Appointment as Personal Representative: 3-203 .........................................................................................10 1. *In re Estate of Franta .....................................................................................10 N. Formal Testacy Proceedings; Notice of Hearing on Petition: 3-403 ..............11 1. Walker v. Bailey ..............................................................................................11 O. General Duties; Relation and Liability to Persons Interested in Estate; Standing to Sue: 3-703 ........................................................................................11 1. Farm Bureau Mutual Insurance Co. of Idaho v. Eisenman .............................11 P. Improper Exercise of Power; Breach of Fiduciary Duty: 3-712.....................12
1. *In re Estate of Neuman and In re Estate of Wiggs ........................................12 Q. Expenses in Estate Litigation: 3-720 .................................................................13 1. *In re Estate of Holmberg ...............................................................................13 R. Notice to Creditors: 3-801 ..................................................................................14 1. Phillips v. Quick ..............................................................................................14 S. Limitations on Presentation of Claims: 3-803; Manner of Presentation of Claims: 3-804 .......................................................................................................15 1. In re Estate of Hamilton ..................................................................................15 T. Penalty Clause for Contest: 3-905 ......................................................................15 1. In re Estate of Stewart .....................................................................................15 U. Partition for Purpose of Distribution: 3-911 ....................................................16 1. In re Estate of McKillip ...................................................................................16 V. Effect of Approval of Agreements Involving Trusts, Inalienable Interests, or Interests of Third Persons: 3-1101................................................................16 1. Estate of Riley .................................................................................................16 W. Procedure for Securing Court Approval of Compromise: 3-1102 .................17 1. Wilson v. Dallas ..............................................................................................17 X. Jurisdiction by Act of Foreign Personal Representative: 4-301 .....................19 1. Juega v. Davidson ...........................................................................................19 Y. Judicial Appointment of Guardian: Petition: 5-303 ........................................20 1. *In re Guardianship of Samson .......................................................................20 Z. Findings; Order of Appointment; Who May Be Conservator; Priorities: 5-310 and 5-413 ....................................................................................................21 1. *In re Guardianship of Pates ...........................................................................21 II. OTHER WILL AND PROBATE CASES .....................................................................22 A. Elements of a gift ..................................................................................................22 1. Welch v. Dececco ............................................................................................22 B. Accrual of Interest on Probate Court Judgment ..............................................22 1. *Estate of Rutt .................................................................................................22 C. Establishing Lost Will .........................................................................................23 1. Smith v. DeParry .............................................................................................23 D. Ownership of Joint Account and Prenuptial Agreement .................................24 1. Connell v. Connell...........................................................................................24 E. Adverse Possession ...............................................................................................25 1. *Jokela v. Jokela .............................................................................................25 F. No-Contest Clauses ..............................................................................................25 1. Martin v. Ullsperger ........................................................................................25 G. Retroactive Application of Statutes and Violations of Due Process ................26 1. Bird v. BNY Mellon N.A. ...............................................................................26 H. Survival of Claims After Decedent’s Death .......................................................27 1. Kraft Power Corporation v. Merrill .................................................................27 I. Validity of Bequest ...............................................................................................28 1. Osman v. Osman .............................................................................................28 ii
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Page 7 and 8: Table of Contents Plenary Day 1 Non
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Page 21 and 22: granddaughter. Ultimately, the cour
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Page 35 and 36: plan. The court found that Brown wa
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Page 39 and 40: questions before the court were the
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Page 43 and 44: presumption. Finally, the court fou
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not negligent. On appeal, the court
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purchasing the insurance but determ
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H. Trust Accounting Disputes 1. Chu
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settlor’s death in 2005, the trus
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entitled to a jury trial because th
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other manner whatsoever disposing o
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the trial judge rejected - as highl
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F. Inter Vivos Gifts community over
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V. POWER OF ATTORNEY A. Improper Us
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FEDERAL TAX UPDATE Important Develo
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• The preferential rates for net
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3. Planning for the Wannabes: Deali
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Suppose, for example, that a marrie
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ESTATE AND GIFT TAX PLANNING AFTER
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after the first spouse’s death),
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First, they will want one or more g
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In Estate of Christiansen v. Commis
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Grandchild A 11,000 Grandchild B 11
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In the end, Wandry is correctly dec
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RECENT VALUATION CASE OF INTEREST (
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uncertainties, ahypothetical buyer
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So portability is achieved by givin
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(5) Special rules. (A) Election req
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million, and H2’s executor makes
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standard, but saves the rest for th
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THE IMAPCT OF WINDSOR ON ESTATE PLA
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Decanting: Refining an Old Vintage
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DECANTING: REFINING AN OLD VINTAGE
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XI. Trustee Liability .............
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D. Change Governing Law E. Trustee
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absolute discretion for some modifi
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K. Court Approval. Court approval i
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eliminate beneficiaries or change t
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precisely, to make certain exceptio
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appointment created under the new t
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If contributions to the original tr
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Qualified personal residence trusts
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enefit the beneficiaries by convert
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B. Notice Required. Other states re
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of the particular state, apparently
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tax consequences. See Tax Effects a
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(ii) at the time the exempt trust b
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BIBLIOGRAPHY Articles 1. Farhad Agh
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APPENDIX I STATE DECANTING STATUTES
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ALTERNATIVE PLENARY Tax Issues (For
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I. MINNESOTA ESTATE TAX - LIFETIME
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NOTE: In the examples below, I will
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At his death, he leaves the followi
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total federal gross estate (line 1)
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Note: in several of the examples ab
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C. Source of Charitable Gift - Ordi
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Many tax preparers relied on that r
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RESULT: •Because the amount paid
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III. DEDUCTION OF MORTGAGE INTEREST
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•Estates with net taxable assets
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05/20/13 HOUSE RESEARCH ANALYST JM
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SECTION 1 Funding Education: The Gi
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E. Five-Year Proration Required ...
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I. Saving and Paying for Higher Edu
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1. TAM 199941013. In Technical Advi
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. Estate Tax. Assuming that the don
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exclusion. If contributions to the
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distribute principal for GC’s ben
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sample trust language was used wher
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university, or (iii) making reasona
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treatment granted by section 529 wi
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and the beneficiary’s family duri
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eginning with the year of the contr
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Rule 5. If, by the due date for fil
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2. Attach Explanation. An explanati
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It is impossible for an account own
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were not making other gifts to thei
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a. Proposed Regulations Tax the Ben
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Prop. Treas. Reg. § 1.529-1(c). D.
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SECTION 2 Avoiding the Uncommon Dif
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2. Discouraging Bad Behavior ......
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problems in a document but so can a
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B. Who suffers from a drafting prob
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succeed to the preceding trustee’
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“ (a) Property a testator, while
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home. When devising recreational re
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to allow the beneficiary to pay off
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The remaining principal and any acc
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outright and free of trust. If eith
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D. Incentive Trusts 1. Encouraging
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that exemptions or deductions allow
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F. Family Business Succession. The
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3. Problems with Allocation of Fami
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SECTION 3 Unlimited Duration Trusts
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3. CONCLUSION .....................
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*In 1995, Delaware enacted legislat
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2. Exercise the power of appointmen
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ii. States: 1. Alaska 43 - 1,000 ye
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4. CONCLUSION vii. New Jersey viii.
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the “prudent man rule” required
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Additionally, many advisors are dra
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investment committee and/or distrib
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1. Significant change in asset allo
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Please see example below of a typic
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IV. DECANTING 1. INTRODUCTION Decan
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. States May Limit Trustee’s Auth
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V. VIRTUAL REPRESENTATION 1. INTROD
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ecome entitled to an interest, if i
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VI. PRIVACY OF COURT RECORDS 1. INT
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iii. Statutes c. South Dakota Proce
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VII. DOMESTIC ASSET PROTECTION AND
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property interests. 206 This can be
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11. EXTINGUISHMENT OF CREDITORS’
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13. SPENDTHRIFT TRUSTS As previousl
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SECTION 4 Drafting and Administerin
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1. Supplemental&SpecialNeedsTrust B
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iii. Discretionary Trust Trusts cre
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v. Vehicle One vehicle used to tran
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ii. Legal Guardian It is generally
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ii. SSA Determination Anyone receiv
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eimburse the State following the be
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else uses the computer from time to
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h. Revocable vs. Irrevocable i. Spe
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Qualified Disability Trust (QDT) ex
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(1) An inventory of Trust assets an
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Assistance benefits paid on behalf
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SECTION 5 Notable North Dakota Nuan
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I. North Dakota Real Property A. No
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a Statement of Claim is recorded by
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1. Any grantee or grantee’s autho
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By North Dakota Information Technol
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insolvent estates. Has priority ove
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(2) Would be a permissible distribu
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o North Dakota has two (2) pooled t
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G. The value of currently owned min
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* * * * * * * * * * * * * * lease r
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eceived, are not considered to be t
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disqualifying transfer provisions i
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ONLINE NORTH DAKOTA RESOURCES Title
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Table of Contents The Beauty and Bu
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--volatility in the financial marke
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For the trustee: If an individual t
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VII. Duty to keep records and provi
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specific information like their fin
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An alternative structure might be t
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--Intellectual property which may i
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SECTION 7 “Bleak House” Reviste
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PROBATE INSTITUTE 2013 HARD TIMES:
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TIP THREE: FOR REALLY BAD FIDUCIARI
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with disfavor on attempts to depriv
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E. Undue influence 1. Must prove te
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3. The Partition statute allows adm
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APPENDIX 524.3-720 EXPENSES IN ESTA
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owner of the real property or the o
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524.3-911PARTITION FOR PURPOSE OF D
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STATE OF MINNESOTA COUNTY OF MCLEOD
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5. For such other and further relie
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personal representatives determined
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notations in the memo portion indic
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The Well-Prepared Executive: Person
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Stock Options: Sales, Gifts, & Tran
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the stock has been held for more th
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the initial appraisal is arranged f
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not property for purposes of Sectio
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emains the owner for income tax pur
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will also be treated as owning inte
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ealm of the estate tax. This is con
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eneficiary, as the case may be, wil
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CONFIDENTIAL Appendix
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Summary of Option Strategies 5. to
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Summary of Option Strategies 10. Co
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Transferring an asset via a GRAT re
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A CRT can result in greater total v
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IRA Rollback Strategy Pension Rescu
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Use Interest Rate Swaps to Lock in
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How does a 10b5-1 plan work? 1 2 3
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SECTION 9 Spousal Elections Under M
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1. INTRODUCTION Minnesota, as in ma
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. 1969 Version In the 1969 statutor
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each other. 11 The statutory notes
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(b) Personal property not exceeding
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category includes properly gifted t
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4. Unspoken fourth: The spouse and
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Table of Contents Crummey Power Pro
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however, that my Spouse’s power t
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Estate or the proceeds of such asse
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such Power Holder is entitled to wi
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1.2 Discretionary Payments From Ini
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didn’t occur) a long time ago? 1
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Upon my spouse's incapacity or deat
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Trustees of the Separate Trusts *Op
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Unfilled Trustee Vacancy If the off
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the independent special trustee. An
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Removal and Replacement of Trust Ad
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Definitions 6 Compensation Any Trus
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Trust Asset Diversification and Con
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As a Grantor Retained Annuity Trust
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ultimate burning out of the sun and
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Granting and Exercising Powers of A
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POWER TO CHANGE LIMITED POWER INTO
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Single Fund QTIP Marital Trust Inco
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5.8 Reverse QTIP Election. The Trus
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SECTION 11 Federal and Minnesota In
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Federal and Minnesota Individual Ta
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qualifying charities. Distributions
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iii. In the Reesink case, taxpayer
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The 10% threshold applies to all ta
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A Baker’s Dozen of Dangerous Assu
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In short, domicile is the combinati
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choice of law process in the render
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Germany is one such example of a co
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The US State Department lists the v
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In every other case, a foreign trus
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SECTION 13 Drafting Documents With
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Drafting With the Corporate Trustee
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date, then include a copy with the
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step daughter two months before her
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2. Borrowing in an irrevocable trus
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estrictive access to principal. Con
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SECTION 14 The Current Status of Wi
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I. History of the Wisconsin Trust C
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d. A final accounting is required b
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a. ULC promulgated the uniform prin
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3. Irrevocable trusts may be modifi
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7. A trustee may delegate its dutie
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fiduciary or confidential relations
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6. The new code will eliminate the
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23. The subchapter dealing with lia
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Electronic reproduction of 2011−1
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Fiduciaries and Fighting Families:
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3. Who should attend 4. Agenda or f
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TABLE OF CONTENTS I. INTRODUCTION .
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I. INTRODUCTION MEDICAL ASSISTANCE
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has decided to increase reimburseme
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the problems they cause for some co
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change only when Social Security pa
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PRACTICE TIP: When the Asset Assess
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2014. i. If the community spouse do
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g. making income or asset methodolo
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less than the asset’s value on th
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amount of the transfer was $25,000.
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Example: the transfer penalty and t
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allow a recipient's current income
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facility admission or readmission t
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The NF LOC Initiative has been hard
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was not [sic] made exclusively for
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1. Prior to February 8, 2006, the p
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follows: [Undue hardship] exists wh
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claim in both Estate of Barg and In
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federal law. See 42 U.S.C. § 1396p
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called "MA for Adults Without Child
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The starting point for redesign of
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programs, available in the State. S
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If the enrollee is required to sati
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Art. 2, Sec. 4, amends Minn. Stat.
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Art. 2, Sec. 30, amends Minn. Stat.
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MARITAL DEDUCTION PLANNING: First C
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(1974); PLR 7902020 (ruling gift to
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(A) Then do your other language—d
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to any jurisdiction.” Michael Mul
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2) Fractional share: As the value o
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d) The amount subject to the electi
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Form 706 is due nine months from th
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C. Gift Tax 1. EGTRRA partially sev
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three years, when Fred would have t
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equired beginning date, and they wi
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SECTION 18 Estate Planning Issues f
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Table of Contents 1. Initial consid
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termination notices should be filed
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If the Fiduciary is released from p
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c. Relief is requested by using For
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when ordinarily due. Use, for examp
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SECTION 20 Portability Under the Ne
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I. HOW TO MAKE THE ELECTION PORTABI
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espect to such an estate, for beque
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decedent, which together is the amo
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of the surviving spouse’s death.
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GSTT election or a portability elec
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VI. THE TEMPORARY REGULATIONS PART
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(c) Credit limitation. The applicab
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(7) Requirements of return— (i) G
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property of the marital trust relat
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(ii) Application. H’s DSUE amount
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(i) If the executor of the decedent
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Table of contents This section list
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death. Thus, the decedent’s DSUE
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SECTION 21 New Lawyer Panel: “Wha
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I. Introduction Building & Managing
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Being the beneficiary of a trust Fu
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clients what you are doing for them
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Be aware, however, that sometimes y
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Estate and Trust Administration 101
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Obtain Asset Information You should
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2. Other “Non-Probate” Assets S
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(ii) the pages of the trust agreeme
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The total value of the probate asse
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Surviving Your First Probate Procee
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4. Closing the estate - Statement t
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Table of Contents Estate Planning t
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. In order to qualify for the $14,0
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1. Minnesota does not have a gift t
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a. Within 9 months of a completed l
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in excess of the applicable estate
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Preparing Your First Estate and Gif
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E. Other Notable Items There are a
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SECTION 22 Small Estates Panel - Pr
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I. Introduction Disclaimers have lo
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epresentative.The writing should in
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IV. The Disclaimer-Based Estate Pla
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Grandchild B $11,000 Grandchild C $
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formula similar to the one used inW
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Small Estates Panel Peter M. Hendri
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assets must have been subject to an
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A. The Doctrine of Advancements, Ho
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promissory notes and/or mortgages,
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advancements. The Court opined that
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a) Filing a gift tax return for gif
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TABLE OF CONTENTS I. INTRODUCTION 1
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emains private both during the owne
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for many of the same reasons as a w
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I. REVOCATION BY SPOUSE NOT IN TITL
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TODD, the county Medical Assistance
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PRACTICE TIP: To avoid the complica
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Subd. 3.Rights of creditors and rig
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A transfer on death deed that other
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conveyance or transfer is condition
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COMMENT: See above Question and Ans
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SECTION 24 Sales of Real Estate: Fr
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B. Listing Agreement 1. Key terms a
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c. Deed/Title d. Deferred Taxes/Ass
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A. “Property” Documents 1. Deed
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SECTION 25 A Gift for All Donors: A
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I. INTRODUCTION. Often philanthropi
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4. The trustee of a CRT may be an i
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4. If a trust is measured by the li
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III. RETIREMENT ACCOUNT GIFTS. A.
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C. Income Tax On Withdrawals from R
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. P might consider making such a gi
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vii. viii. Income taxes. Amounts di
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v. Income tax. The IRA with S as be
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3. The trustee of the CLT makes def
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V. PRIVATE FOUNDATIONS. A. Definiti
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4. Net Investment Income. An excise
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c. Ordinary Income Property. Only t
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SECTION 26 Incentive/Disincentive P
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PLANNING AND DRAFTING FOR THE USE O
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descendants, the client clearly wil
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E. Special Family Needs. In some fa
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age and the child or grandchild cou
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D. Division of Trust. Since incenti
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SCHEDULE 1 SAMPLE PROVISIONS 1. Def
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6. Distributions to Match the Benef
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cooperate with the trustees in esta
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16. Other Resources. In making disc
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expenses; (B) to provide a Benefici
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Grantors further recognize, should
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dental insurance premiums, or other
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the Trustee on a regular basis for
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(B) (C) (D) Trustee’s Authority t
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(3) The costs of initial whole body
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SECTION 27 New Law Update - Changes
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A committee was formed within the V
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than one attorney-in-fact is design
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I, (the above named Principal),here
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Acknowledgment of notice to attorne
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IMPORTANT NOTICE TO THE ATTORNEY(S)
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Estate Planning and Administration
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iii. Former attorney and Ebay selle
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client to make such a list. In assi
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1. A reminder to update the digital
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the Will and not the Trustee in the
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iii. Minn. Stat. § 609.891: Unauth
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c. If device is password protected,
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1. When planning ahead, review of s
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n. For a blog, consider whether the
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EXHIBIT A Digital Asset Inventory I
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8. Is there any sensitive informati
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Table of Contents I. Client with Di
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1.6(b)(3) to reveal information abo
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