There are many different configurations of blended families. However, they are generally made up of married couples who have children from previous marriages or relationships.
05/19/23 • by: The Law Office of John A. Laine, P.C.
The primary benefits of revocable trusts only are available if a revocable trust is FUNDED during life. Unfortunately, experienced estate planning attorneys often have clients who delay the funding of their revocable trusts until it is too late and miss many of the benefits that these trusts provide.
05/03/23 • by: The Law Office of John A. Laine, P.C.
Many families discover that trying to mitigate the cost of long-term care can conflict with another common retirement concern—reducing taxes for retirees and their heirs.
04/20/23 • by: The Law Office of John A. Laine, P.C.
While more than half of Americans believe estate planning is essential, a mere 33% actually have a living trust or will. And one out of three respondents who don’t have a will reason that they don’t think they have sufficient assets to warrant estate planning.
03/24/23 • by: The Law Office of John A. Laine, P.C.