Louisiana Estate Planning and Elder Law
Information on estate planning and elder law, with a focus on Louisiana law.
Author: Laurie Kadair Redman is a solo practitioner in Baton Rouge, La. She also serves on the editorial board for the the ABA GP, Solo & Small Firm Practice Section's Solo newsletter.
Blawg Related Categories: Elder Law • Trusts & Estates • States • Louisiana • Solo / Small Firm
Recent Posts from Louisiana Estate Planning and Elder Law
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Special Needs Trust Issues: Commingling Funds
A recent case from Rhode Island portrays how easy it can be for untrustworthy people to steal from a trust created to benefit a child with special needs. Matthew Goodness was born with cerebral palsy…
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Wills & Trusts: When to Distribute to the Children
Setting up a living trust or drafting a will including a trust involves making choices about how to regulate your children’s inheritance. There are several things to consider: your children’s ages, the size of the…
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Death, Taxes and Credit Card Debt?
While a growing number of homeowners are shirking their mortgage payments and banks need lofty bailouts in our present economy, one group still paying its bills is alive and well: the dead. According to DCM…
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Virtual Executor
Once upon a time, it was easy enough to leave your belongings to your family in a will and allow someone access to the safe deposit box in order to collect important documents. Now, much…
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Using Insurance to Cover Estate Taxes: Get a Check-up
Many people use life insurance to cover the cost of the death tax, but the strategy is failing in some estate plans now. Why? Because of low interest rates. A plan issued when rates were…
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Minor Children & Your Estate Plan
Another reminder of the dangers of not have an estate plan in place if you have minor children. This one from The California Estate Planning Blog. One of their authors writes (and is right): I…
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How to Roll Your Own Will
Much of this blog is dedicated to convincing readers to see an estate planning attorney to draft a will and other estate planning documents. In these economic times, some may decide that's too expensive and…
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And the Oscar goes to...
Heath Ledger, but since he died in January '08 many have speculated as to who would get the coveted statuette if he won. His daughter, Matilda? But wait, she's only 3 and is legally unable…
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Estate Planning Primer
Paul Sullivan of the New York Times recently wrote an article containing concise explanations of basic estate planning ideas and why you should plan now. Check the article out here.
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Obama to Keep Estate Tax
On Monday, The Wall Street Journal reported that the Obama team plans to keep the estate tax instead of letting it expire in the year 2010 as planned. The democrats position as stated by the…