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  • New Budget Law Brings Changes to Medi-Cal Estate Recovery
    New Budget Law Brings Changes to Medi-Cal Estate Recovery

    The new state budget bill for the next fiscal year has been passed by Governor Jerry Brown, bringing good news for Medi-Cal recipients. As a part of the new legislation, substantial changes are ...

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  • Part II - Estate Planning Attorney Disqualified from Representing A Client with Adverse Interests To Former Client
    Part II - Estate Planning Attorney Disqualified from Representing A Client with Adverse Interests To Former Client

    To continue our blog on Fiduciary Trust International of California v. Superior Court, Betty Brown (decedent), changed her will after Willet's death. Instead of leaving the majority of Betty's assets ...

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  • James Gandolfini in Death and Taxes
    James Gandolfini in Death and Taxes

    As we mourn the loss of a great actor who moved us with his performance as Mafia boss Tony Soprano in "The Sopranos", we also take this opportunity to look at the tax ramifications of his estate ...

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  • Sales to Grantor Trusts
    Sales to Grantor Trusts

    Another estate litigation technique is an installment sale of income producing property to a grantor trust. A grantor trust, under the provisions of the Internal Revenue Code, is a trust that is not ...

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  • Act Now To Take Advantage Of The $5.12 Million Lifetime Gift Tax Exemption Set To Expire In 2012
    Act Now To Take Advantage Of The $5.12 Million Lifetime Gift Tax Exemption Set To Expire In 2012

    The Bush tax cuts which were enacted in 2001 and 2003 were originally set to expire on January 1, 2011. However, Congress and President Obama temporarily extended the Bush tax cuts through 2012. The ...

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  • Senate Democrats Remove Estate Tax Proposals From Tax Bill
    Senate Democrats Remove Estate Tax Proposals From Tax Bill

    Despite having previously offered proposals to deal with the estate tax, Senate Democrats have now dropped those provision from President Obama's Tax Bill. Democrats had offered setting the exemption ...

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