basics on estate planning

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DISCLAIMER: This outline is merely a basic primer on estate planning; in no way does it replace the advice and assistance of your legal or tax professional. Although every effort has been made to ensure the accuracy of the informa=on contained within, Weaver, BenneA & Bland, P.A. cannot ensure the accuracy or completeness of the informa=on. The informa=on and laws upon which this informa=on is based may change. This outline does not fit or apply to every circumstance or situa=on.

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DISCLAIMER:  This  outline  is  merely  a  basic  primer  on  estate  planning;  in  no  way  does  it  replace  the  advice  and  assistance  of  your  legal  or  tax  professional.  Although  every  effort  has  been  made  to  ensure  the  accuracy  of  the  informa=on  contained  within,  Weaver,  BenneA  &  Bland,  P.A.  cannot  ensure  the  accuracy  or  completeness  of  the  informa=on.  The  informa=on  and  laws  upon  which  this  informa=on  is  based  may  change.  This  outline  does  not  fit  or  apply  to  every  circumstance  or  situa=on.  

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+  Estate  Planning/Probate  

+  Estate  Tax  Law  

+  Elder  Law  

+  Business  Law  

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+  “Nothing  is  certain  but  death  and          taxes”  +  Estate  Taxes  +  Federal  GiN  Annual  Exclusion  is        $14,000  

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+  Durable  General  Power  of  AAorney  +  Health  Care  Power  of  AAorney  +  Living  Will  +  Will  OPTIONAL  +  Living  Trust  +  Irrevocable  Life  Insurance  Trust  +  HIPAA  Authoriza=on  While  only  few  people  need  estate  tax  planning,  everyone  needs  estate  planning  

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+  Appoint  trusted  person  -­‐  financial  +  Durable  Power  of  AAorney  can  avoid        guardianship    +  Coordinate  with  estate  plan  +  Appoint  subs=tute  agent  

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+  Appoint  trusted  person  –  health  care          -­‐    avoid  guardianship          +  Decisions  –  life  support,  burial  and        anatomical  dona=ons  +  Appoint  alternate  agent  +  Statutory  form  updated  August  7,        2008    

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Form   staHng   you   do   not   want   life  prolonging   measures   including  arHficial  hydraHon  or  nutriHon  if  you  have  the  following:  +  Incurable  or  irreversible  condi=on        that  will  result  in  death  with  in  a        short  period  of  =me.  +  Unconscious  –  you  will  never  regain        consciousness  +  Advanced  demen=a  or  other        condi=on  resul=ng  in  substan=al        cogni=ve  loss  and  loss  is  irreversible  Updated  October  1,  2007  

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Why  a  Will?  Where  should  my  assets  go?          +  Methods  of  transferring  property  >  Opera=on  of  law  -­‐  Tenancy  by  the  en=rety  property  -­‐  Joint  Tenants  with  Rights  of        Survivorship  Property  (JTWROS)  

>  By  contract/By  law  

-­‐  T.O.D./P.O.D.  

-­‐  Beneficiary  designa=ons  on  life        insurance  policies  -­‐  Beneficiary  designa=ons  on        re=rement  plans/annui=es,  etc.  

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>  Death  without  a  will  –  intestacy              distribu=on  -­‐  Die  without  will  in  NC  -­‐  results  -­‐  Clerk  of  Court  -­‐  administrator  

>  Reasons  to  have  will  

-­‐  Waive  bond  for  executor  

-­‐  Make  bequests  -­‐  property  -­‐  Name  executor  

+  By  will  or  intestacy  

-­‐  Property  goes  through  probate  -­‐  Bond  may  be  required  

-­‐  Make  provisions  for  children  &      others  who  need  protec=on  

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-­‐  Family  circumstances  change  -­‐  Death  of  spouse  or  child  

-­‐  Change  in  property  

-­‐  Marriage  -­‐  Out-­‐of-­‐state  move  

>  Reasons  to  review  will  

-­‐  Divorce  -­‐  Birth  –  child  or  grandchild  

-­‐  Increase  or  decrease  in  assets  -­‐  Sale  or  purchase  of  asset  -­‐  Tax  law  changes  

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+  Estate  tax  planning  +  Minor/incapacitated  beneficiaries  +  Probate  avoidance  +  Privacy  +  Changes  in  NC  trust  law  -­‐  New  statute  –  akin  to  caveat  

+  Who  is  trustee?  

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+  Proceeds  not  included  in  estate  +  Irrevocable  +  Can  use  annual  exclusion  to  fund  +  Inves=ng  in  life  insurance  

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