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Technically, everyone has an estate plan. If you haven’t created your own, then the government has one ready and waiting for you - it’s called the Probate Code. While the Probate Code might sound similar to the Pirate’s Code, they really only have one thing in common:...

Many people are confused when they mention a need for a will or trust and are referred to an estate planning attorney. What’s the connection? What does “estate planning” mean anyway? Let’s start with the fundamentals. Your “estate” is everything you own – your money,...

In my last post on copyrights, I talked about what a copyright is. In this post, I’ll be talking about what a copyright does, i.e. what rights a copyright owner has to his or her work. A copyright grants its owner six very specific and exclusive rights: Right of...

As you very likely already know, Congress passed the Tax Cut and Jobs Act late last year, and the Act is now in effect. There were quite a number of changes in the tax law, but since I’m an estate planner, I will be focusing on the changes that affect people’s estate...

There’s a bit of confusion over what exactly a copyright is. Here’s a brief explanation of how the government defines a copyright. According to the 1976 Copyright Act, a copyright “subsists…in original works of authorship fixed in any tangible medium of expression.”...