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Practice Areas: Trusts and Estate Planning
Ensuring that assets are protected and passed on to loved ones remains a vital objective in our ever changing economy and world. Kiley, Kiley & Kiley assists clients in achieving these goals through its diversified trusts and estates practice, which handles all such matters, including: wills, trusts, elder law and Medicaid planning. |
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| Will Contests -- Lack of Testamentary Capacity, Improper Execution, Bogus Will
You cannot contest a will simply because you don't like the provisions, or because you received less than you felt you should have received, or because the provisions were, in your opinion, unfair. Yo (Read more...)
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| Inheritance Without Planning Means No Adding to the Default Plan
When a person dies intestate (without making and leaving a will), each state provides a default plan (usually known as the statute of descent and distribution), under which his or her net estate is di (Read more...)
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| Trust Elements - Trustee
A trust has five main elements. First, a settlor transfers some or all of his or her property. Second, the property transferred by the settlor is designated trust property. Third, the trust property d (Read more...)
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| Precatory Language, Ademption, and Abatement
One of the main purposes for making and leaving a will is to guide the administration of the estate of the testator--the person who made the will. A will should be written in language that is clear an (Read more...)
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| Trusts, Public and Private - II
An express trust is either public or private. A public trust, also known as a charitable trust, is an express trust created for a charitable purpose. If an express trust is not a charitable trust, it (Read more...)
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| Per Capita and Per Stirpes
Suppose that an intestate is survived by three children and no grandchildren. Who inherits the intestate's net estate? How much does each person get? For most people, the answer is easy and obvious. E (Read more...)
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| Failing to Make and Leave a Will
Although estimates vary, it's pretty safe to say that more than 50 percent of the people who could make and leave a will fail to do so.
The people who fail to make and leave a will include (Read more...)
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| Gifts During Life - II
An intentional transfer of property made from the generosity of the transferor is known as a gift. The person who makes a gift is known as the donor. The person who receives a gift is known as the don (Read more...)
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| The Natural Objects of One's Bounty - I
The phrase "the natural objects of one's bounty" means the closest surviving members of one's family. It usually describes those to whom property of a dead person will go if the dead person did not ma (Read more...)
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| Trust Modification and Termination
Modification
A court will modify a trust where the trust's leading purpose is frustrated by a specific directive made by the trustor. In such instances, the directive will be struck in orde (Read more...)
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