February 28th During this two hour CLE and CPE course, attorney Edward L. Perkins will provide an in-depth look at special needs trusts. What is a Special Needs Trust? Reasons for Implementing a Special Needs Trust Choosing the Right Wording Timing the Creation of the Trust Potential Pitfalls: Repayment Requirements and More Click Here to […]
Category Archives: Trusts & Estates
As an experienced Media Estate Planning Attorney, I’m frequently asked whether an estate plan is necessary. At Gibson & Perkins, we always recommend an estate plan for anybody – regardless of age, health, wealth, or marital status. Do you want to know how an estate plan can help you and your family? Contact dedicated Media Estate […]
Clients often come to me as an experienced Media Estate Planning Lawyer, and ask what an estate plan is. An estate plan is simply a set of documents that helps guide the disposition of your assets upon your death. We generally recommend wills, powers of attorney for health care or finance – or, in some cases, […]
In the process of estate planning, many clients ask me as an experienced Media Estate Planning Attorney, whether or not their estate will be taxed. For federal estate tax purposes, if you’re a single taxpayer and your estate is over $5.45 million, you will be taxed. If you’re married, you’ll be taxed only if your […]
As an experienced Media Estate Planning Lawyer, clients come to me all the time with questions about being left out of their parents will. If you have a situation in which your parents have executed a Will and at some point in time they have decided that you are no longer a beneficiary under the […]
As an experienced Media Estate Planning Attorney I am often asked about legal liability for a power of attorney agent. Legal liability for an agent when it comes to power of attorney is they will be held liable for intentional misconduct or wrongdoing. Accidental wrongdoing will not result in any liability. This is often included […]
As an experienced Media Estate Planning Attorney I am often asked if it’s possible to reduce federal estate taxes for large estates. For people whose estates are in a range that they would be subject to the federal estate and you mentioned the figure of $5,450,000 of net worth for a married couple in practical […]
Handling Insolvent Estates can Lead to Liability If you represent administrators and executors in settling decedent’s estates, you will at some time encounter an insolvent estate. Insolvent estates are simply those in which the assets are insufficient to pay all proper charges and claims in full. When handled properly, insolvent estates can be just as […]
Firm partner Edward L. Perkins will be a featured instructor during the Pennsylvania Bar Institute’s 23rd Annual Estate Law Institute at the Pennsylvania Convention Center in historic center city Philadelphia. His program, ’10 Things Estate Planners Need to Know’ begins at 2:15 on Wednesday, November 9. For more information on the Estate Law Institute, and to […]