FREE WEBINAR – Trusts: Planning and Drafting for Divorce

Speakers: Gideon Rothschild, Esq., Martin Shenkman, Esq. and Rebecca Provder, Esq. Date and Time: Thursday, June 15th, 2017 at 1pm Pacific Time (4pm Eastern Time) Course Description: Trusts are one of the most powerful tools for planning to minimize the risk to assets in a future divorce. However, in order to achieve optimal results for clients, trusts must be drafted and administered in a manner that provides protection. Traditional trust drafting often falls far short of providing the safeguards clients want. What provisions should be used in drafting trusts to achieve better results? What trust planning techniques can be used…

Will New Legislation Kill Stretchout and the IRA Trust?

By Philip J. Kavesh, J.D., LL.M. (Taxation), CFP®, ChFC, California State Bar Certified Specialist in Estate Planning, Trust & Probate Law Over the past couple of years, I have had a lot of colleagues ask me if pending legislation to limit IRA stretchout would then kill the IRA Inheritance Trust®.  For some time, nothing was certain.  Details of proposed legislation were vague and it was not clear exactly how it would affect IRA planning. Finally, in September of last year, under the assumption that a change in the IRA stretch law would bring in $5.5 billion over the next 10…

Oh *%@! You Messed Up! Now What?

By Kristina Schneider, Executive Assistant We have all been there at some point in our lives, whether in the workplace, school, at home, anywhere.  You make a mistake of some kind.  It happens.  You’re human.  It’s bound to happen.  However, how to handle the mistake that you made is very different for a lot of people.  What might seem like common sense for some people, isn’t always for others. Here are some tips for how to handle making a mistake.  The intention is for mistakes made in the workplace, but these tips can be used really anywhere in life. STEP…

The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Oshins – Chapter I (Uniform Acts: Good or Bad?)

By Steven J. Oshins, Esq., AEP (Distinguished) Testing his theory that in every man dwells a good and an evil force, the reserved Dr. Jekyll develops a formula that separates the two, turning him into an argumentative estate planning attorney named Mr. Oshins who tells it like it is.  Dr. Jekyll soon realizes he is becoming addicted to his darker self as he unleashes his opinions on the estate planning industry. In Chapter I, Dr. Jekyll tackles the issue of whether Uniform Acts are good or bad.  As expected, Mr. Oshins will provide a different view of the issue than…