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Full-Text Articles in Law
Disinheritance, Discrimination, And The Case For Including Adult Independent Children In Dependants’ Relief Schemes: Lawen Estate V Nova Scotia, Jane Thomson
Dalhousie Law Journal
In 2019 a Superior Court in Nova Scotia excluded adult independent children as “Dependants” under Nova Scotia’s Testator’s Family Maintenance Act. The decision was based on a finding that testamentary autonomy is a constitutional right protected by s. 7 of Canada’s Charter of Rights and Freedoms. This article explains why the constitutional decision in Lawen Estate v Nova Scotia was incorrect. It also demonstrates why the inclusion of adult independent children in dependants’ relief schemes is not only benign in most instances, but may play a role in preventing the perpetuation of discrimination in the private law. This article also …
Socially Distant Signing: Why Georgia Should Adopt Remote Will Execution In The Post-Covid World, Jessie Daniel Rankin
Socially Distant Signing: Why Georgia Should Adopt Remote Will Execution In The Post-Covid World, Jessie Daniel Rankin
Georgia Law Review
In the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, Georgia Governor Brian Kemp and other state governors issued emergency executive orders authorizing the attestation and execution of wills, trusts, and other testamentary documents through the use of audio-video technology. Most states have traditionally required that such testamentary documents be signed in the physical presence of two or more witnesses to be valid. Georgia’s executive order permits these witnesses to instead observe the signing via video-conferencing software, alleviating the requirement that the witnesses be physically present with the testator. This authorization, however, only exists through this executive order and could lapse or be …
Wills, Trusts, Guardianships, And Fiduciary Administration, Mary F. Radford
Wills, Trusts, Guardianships, And Fiduciary Administration, Mary F. Radford
Mercer Law Review
This Article discusses significant cases decided by the Georgia Court of Appeals during the period of June 1, 2020, through May 31, 2021, pertaining to Georgia fiduciary law, guardianship, and estate planning. This Article also describes the highlights of legislation contained in a comprehensive bill that revised and clarified the laws relating to wills, trusts, and the administration of estates and that became effective January 1, 2021.
Electronic Wills: Why Would Georgia Choose To Delay The Inevitable?, Jacob C. Wilson
Electronic Wills: Why Would Georgia Choose To Delay The Inevitable?, Jacob C. Wilson
Mercer Law Review
This Comment assesses the changes in Georgia’s laws regarding the formalities of wills and analyzes how acceptance of an electronic will in Georgia would be an acceptable response to the changing times. Part I analyzes how Georgia’s wills statutes have changed and discusses how the wills law came into fruition today. Part II analyzes the Electronic Wills Act, states that have passed statutes considering the Act, and a review of Georgia’s legislative approach to the Act. Part III reviews an in-depth analysis of (a state) that has passed the Electronic Wills Act that operates in a strict compliance jurisdiction. Part …
Wills, Trusts, And Estates, Katherine E. Ramsey, Sarah J. Brownlow
Wills, Trusts, And Estates, Katherine E. Ramsey, Sarah J. Brownlow
University of Richmond Law Review
The 2021 Virginia General Assembly did not pass any major laws governing estates or trusts this year. However, it did pass several legislative efforts related to the field and of which practitioners should be aware. Perhaps the most relevant update given the COVID-19 pandemic was the Legislature’s effort to modernize procedures for electronic notarizations and electronic recording of documents. Another new law was designed to improve retirement savings participation rates in the Commonwealth by requiring certain employers to enroll their employees by default in a new, state-facilitated individual retirement account program. The Legislature also passed several bills designed to make …
Property Law For The Ages, Michael C. Pollack, Lior Jacob Strahilevitz
Property Law For The Ages, Michael C. Pollack, Lior Jacob Strahilevitz
Articles
Within the next forty years, the number of Americans over age sixty-five is projected to nearly double. This seismic demographic shift will necessitate a reckoning in several areas of law and policy, but property law is especially unprepared. Built primarily for young and middle-aged white men, the common law of property has been critiqued for decades for the ways in which it oppresses or simply leaves behind people based on their race, sex, Native heritage, and more. This Article contributes a new focus on property law’s treatment of people based on their advanced age. Burdened by higher relocation costs, more …
Keeping Current - Probate, Claire Hargrove, Paula Moore, William P. Lapiana, Jake W. Villanueva
Keeping Current - Probate, Claire Hargrove, Paula Moore, William P. Lapiana, Jake W. Villanueva
Articles & Chapters
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Estate Planning For Cannabis Business Owners: An Introduction, Bridget J. Crawford, Jonathan G. Blattmachr
Estate Planning For Cannabis Business Owners: An Introduction, Bridget J. Crawford, Jonathan G. Blattmachr
Elisabeth Haub School of Law Faculty Publications
As more states legalize cannabis sales, estate planners may increasingly be called upon to advise clients with interests in cannabis-related businesses. This essay seeks to assist estate planners in two ways. First, it aims to raise general awareness of cannabis business owners' unique concerns. Second, the essay provides an overview of some of the fundamental issues about which cannabis business owners are likely to seek estate planning advice: business formation matters, wealth transfers, the ability of trusts to own cannabis-related businesses, and gift, estate, and income tax considerations.
In most states that permit legal cannabis sales, there is limited (or …
Keeping Current - Probate [Notes], Claire Hargrove, Paula Moore, Kerri G. Nipp, William P. Lapiana, Jake W. Villanueva
Keeping Current - Probate [Notes], Claire Hargrove, Paula Moore, Kerri G. Nipp, William P. Lapiana, Jake W. Villanueva
Articles & Chapters
No abstract provided.
Unleashing Pets From Dead-Hand Control, Kaity Y. Emerson, Kevin Bennardo
Unleashing Pets From Dead-Hand Control, Kaity Y. Emerson, Kevin Bennardo
Nevada Law Journal
No abstract provided.
Perpetual Dynasty Trusts: One Of The Most Powerful Tools In The Estate Planner's Arsenal, Brian Layman
Perpetual Dynasty Trusts: One Of The Most Powerful Tools In The Estate Planner's Arsenal, Brian Layman
Akron Law Review
One of the most effective tools to accomplish the goal of preserving family wealth is a perpetual dynasty trust. Such a trust permits discretionary distributions of income and principal for as many generations (in terms of years) as the state's law allows. Alaska, Arizona, Delaware, Idaho, Illinois, Maryland, Ohio, South Dakota and Wisconsin have abolished, or provided trust settlors with the ability to opt out of their respective Rules Against Perpetuities. This means that a trust established in one of these jurisdictions could last forever. The essence of such a trust is that, if properly drafted and funded, to be …
Wealth Transfer Tax Planning After The Tax Cuts And Jobs Act, John A. Miller, Jeffrey A. Maine
Wealth Transfer Tax Planning After The Tax Cuts And Jobs Act, John A. Miller, Jeffrey A. Maine
BYU Law Review
On December 17, 2017, Congress passed the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TCJA). Among its many impacts, the TCJA increased the inflation-adjusted estate tax basic exclusion amount to $10,000,000 on a temporary basis. This has dramatic implications for many existing and future estate plans, including a major crossover impact on income tax planning. In this Article, we explain the operation of the federal wealth transfer taxes (the estate tax, the gift tax, and the generation skipping transfer tax) in the wake of the TCJA and dissect the basic tax planning techniques for wealth transmission. The overall design of this Article …
Reimagining Postmortem Conception, Kristine Knaplund
Reimagining Postmortem Conception, Kristine Knaplund
Georgia State University Law Review
Hundreds, likely thousands, of babies have been born years after a parent has died. Thousands more people have cryopreserved their sperm, ova, and embryos, or have requested that a loved one’s gametes be retrieved after death to produce still more such children. Twenty-three states have enacted statutes detailing how these postmortem conception children can inherit from their predeceased parents.
And yet, few of these children will be able to inherit. The statutes create a bewildering array of standards, with over a dozen definitions of consent, variations in signature and witnessing requirements, and hurdles imposed in one state but not another. …
The District Of South Carolina's Approach To Post-Removal Damage Stipulations: The Need For One Less "Controversy" In The Amount-In-Controversy Analysis, Samuel C. Williams
The District Of South Carolina's Approach To Post-Removal Damage Stipulations: The Need For One Less "Controversy" In The Amount-In-Controversy Analysis, Samuel C. Williams
South Carolina Law Review
No abstract provided.
Keeping Current - Probate [Notes], Claire Hargrove, Paula Moore, Kerri G. Nipp, William P. Lapiana
Keeping Current - Probate [Notes], Claire Hargrove, Paula Moore, Kerri G. Nipp, William P. Lapiana
Articles & Chapters
No abstract provided.
Justifying Anglo-American Trusts Law, Ying Khai Liew
Justifying Anglo-American Trusts Law, Ying Khai Liew
William & Mary Business Law Review
Is the existence of trusts law within Anglo-American law justified? The literature to date does not provide a satisfactory answer. Situating the doctrinal features of trusts law within the liberal tradition of political morality, this Article suggests that trusts law is justified because it enhances personal autonomy in a unique way. It is comprehensively autonomy-enhancing, with express, constructive, and resulting trusts each playing a unique role in achieving this aim. Thus, the law provides a facility for property owners to unilaterally deal with their own property (express trusts), allows individuals the freedom to enlist others in their pursuit of their …
A Sale To A Bidit Should Work As Well As A Sale To An Idit, Michael D. Mulligan
A Sale To A Bidit Should Work As Well As A Sale To An Idit, Michael D. Mulligan
ACTEC Law Journal
No abstract provided.
The Ultimate Gift Horse: Modernizing The Upc On Advancements To Avoid Unintended Redistributions, Jackie Elder, Frederick E. Vars
The Ultimate Gift Horse: Modernizing The Upc On Advancements To Avoid Unintended Redistributions, Jackie Elder, Frederick E. Vars
ACTEC Law Journal
A common tax avoidance strategy is to make annual lifetime gifts in the maximum amount exempt from the gift tax in order to reduce or avoid the estate tax. These gifts are likely intended as an intergenerational transfer of wealth, only differing from passing through the estate in timing. The donors probably don't intend for their tax avoidance strategy to affect the ultimate equitable distribution of their wealth. However, under the Uniform Probate Code (UPC) and case law applying it, these gifts are generally not treated as advancements, so an uneven distribution can result from something as simple as differing …
Maintaining Client Privacy In An Increasingly Public World, Mel M. Justak, Anne-Marie Rhodes
Maintaining Client Privacy In An Increasingly Public World, Mel M. Justak, Anne-Marie Rhodes
ACTEC Law Journal
No abstract provided.
Incentivizing Wills Through Tax, Margaret Ryznar
Incentivizing Wills Through Tax, Margaret Ryznar
ACTEC Law Journal
There have been recent calls to loosen will formalities in order to allow more people to execute wills, the importance of which has been highlighted by the COVID-19 pandemic. The reduction of necessary will formalities can be successful in expanding the use of wills, as can potential tax incentives for creation of wills, such as a tax credit. However, there are numerous advantages to using tax to initiate change, as considered in this Article.
The Intersection Of Racial Inequities And Estate Planning, Reetu Pepoff
The Intersection Of Racial Inequities And Estate Planning, Reetu Pepoff
ACTEC Law Journal
No abstract provided.
Cross-Border Attestation And Interjurisdictional Wills, Richard F. Storrow
Cross-Border Attestation And Interjurisdictional Wills, Richard F. Storrow
ACTEC Law Journal
After nearly two years of difficult effort to contain the coronavirus outbreak, remoteness is firmly embedded in the American psyche. Throughout the country, emergency orders permitting will execution and attestation to be conducted by simultaneous audio-visual transmission have allowed estate planning to proceed. There are currently bills in some state legislatures to make permanent the temporary emergency measures adopted during the pandemic. Remote execution and attestation may be here to stay, even in a world where electronic wills remain rare. This article addresses what is likely to become a more familiar manner of will execution in a post-pandemic world and …
Truth, Transparency, And The Right Of Privacy, Duncan E. Osborne
Truth, Transparency, And The Right Of Privacy, Duncan E. Osborne
ACTEC Law Journal
No abstract provided.
The Nonfiduciary "Trust", Jeffrey Schoenblum
The Nonfiduciary "Trust", Jeffrey Schoenblum
ACTEC Law Journal
This article identifies and details the emergence in an increasing number of states of a new trust law that rejects the fundamental tenets of traditional trust law. This alternative concept of the trust liberates the trustee from any meaningful accountability to the beneficiary, the very core concept of traditional trust law. In short, these states are enabling the creation of what might be described as a "nonfiduciary trust."
An Alternate Approach To Situs Determination For Partnership Interests, Jack Spencer
An Alternate Approach To Situs Determination For Partnership Interests, Jack Spencer
ACTEC Law Journal
No abstract provided.
Modernizing Trusts And Estates: Introduction, Alyssa A. Dirusso
Modernizing Trusts And Estates: Introduction, Alyssa A. Dirusso
ACTEC Law Journal
No abstract provided.
The Perpetual Business Purpose Trust: The Business Planning Vehicle For The Future, Starting Now, Alexander A. Bove Jr., Melissa Langa
The Perpetual Business Purpose Trust: The Business Planning Vehicle For The Future, Starting Now, Alexander A. Bove Jr., Melissa Langa
ACTEC Law Journal
No abstract provided.
Estate Planning For Cannabis Business Owners: An Introduction, Bridget J. Crawford, Jonathan G. Blattmachr
Estate Planning For Cannabis Business Owners: An Introduction, Bridget J. Crawford, Jonathan G. Blattmachr
ACTEC Law Journal
As more states legalize cannabis sales, estate planners may increasingly be called upon to advise clients with interests in cannabis-related businesses. This essay seeks to assist estate planners in two ways. First, it aims to raise general awareness of cannabis business owners’ unique concerns. Second, the essay provides an overview of some of the fundamental issues about which cannabis business owners are likely to seek estate planning advice: business formation matters, wealth transfers, the ability of trusts to own cannabis-related businesses, and gift, estate, and income tax considerations.
In most states that permit legal cannabis sales, there is limited (or …