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In Re. Estate Of Easterday, Corey Michelle Timpson Jun 2020

In Re. Estate Of Easterday, Corey Michelle Timpson

GGU Tax & Estate Planning Review

Whether pending divorce has an effect on entitlement to life insurance; and whether ERISA preempts state law specifically relating to enforcement of a contractual waiver in relation to pension benefits.


Utilizing Estate Plans To Achieve Economic Justice, Geber Penate Apr 2020

Utilizing Estate Plans To Achieve Economic Justice, Geber Penate

Poverty Law Conference & Symposium

Bayview has been the home to many black families for decades. However, the inability of title-holders to create distribution plans for their estate before their death has contributed to their ultimate displacement. When a title-holder of property dies, their property is required to go through a court system known as probate. The probate court system has various functions ranging from identifying assets, calculating any owed taxes and fees, and distributing property. The only way to avoid probate is through the execution of a probate-avoidance distribution document, which is mentioned in further detail below. The probate court system, to say the …