Estate and Elder Law

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Ask Liza: Annual Gifts and Lifetime Gifts
Posted on 14 Jun 2013 by Liza Weiman Hanks

Dear Liza, I would like to give my son $200k to upgrade homes. Can me and my wife each give $13,000 to my son, daughter in law, and two grand children? That would be $102,000, and then apply the remaining $98,000 to the unified tax credit. Can I write... Read More

Ask Liza: Should We Get Married? Estate Planning for Same Sex Couples Now
Posted on 27 Nov 2013 by Liza Weiman Hanks

By Liza Weiman Hanks | Dear Liza: My long term domestic partner of 30 years and I were registered domestic partners for a few years and then she decided she wanted to be totally financially independent of me so we terminated the agreement last year... Read More