Massachusetts CLE - Trusts and Estates Courses
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Tax Aspects of International Estate Planning
The United States is known as one of the greatest financial and tax havens on the globe. Not only do international investors benefit from the investment opportunities in real estate and other assets in the US, but US-based investors spread their wealth by capitalizing on opportunities in countries across the world. This CLE course will provide an understanding of the related tax issues to estate planning, including benefits and potential pitfalls in the realm of international investment. More Info
$291General Credit -
Section 2704 Proposed Regulations: Practical Planning Implications and Opportunities
A comprehensive review of the impact of Section 2704 Proposed Regulations on estate planning, this CLE course will explain what the regulations mean, how they will alter year-end planning and their potential to restrict or eliminate valuation discounts. The course will explain how to identify and inform clients who will be effected by the changes and offer practical planning suggestions, important dates and strategies for planning including step transaction and reciprocal trust considerations,... More Info
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Navigating the Minefield of Fiduciary Service: A Primer on the Current Landscape of Trustee and Executor Responsibility
The legal obligations of being an executor or trustee is often underestimated. This CLE course will review these responsibilities as well as the legal and practical issues that trustees may confront. The course will offer strategies for managing their responsibility over assets as well as obligations to estate and trust beneficiaries. The course will review case law concerning fiduciary misconduct and offer tips to avoid internal disputes and litigation. More Info
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Aging Clients: Estate and Longevity Planning
The aging of the population should not be news to anyone. What this means for estate and other types of financial planning, may be. This CLE course will explain the services that aging clients may benefit from, how their planning may differ from traditional estate planning and how to address and draft documentation that takes those differences into account. The course will explain durable powers of attorney and revocable trusts and their sufficiency for aging population as well as the changing r... More Info
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Estate and Financial Planning Considerations that May Change How We Practice
Permanent higher exemptions, an aging population and evolving case law are providing new perspectives on estate and financial planning. These transformations as well as a range of new planning ideas they have given rise to will all be discussed in this comprehensive CLE program which will revolutionize how you practice estate planning. The course will include new perspectives on domicile, on gifting, including practical, legal, financial and drafting consideration, debunking the myth of the "U"... More Info
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The Essentials of Planning Before & After Death
Practitioners do not typically address pre-mortem planning which presents a hosts of issues that are critical. This CLE course will review all the critical factors such as monitoring and proper exercise of swap powers for clients with irrevocable grantor trusts as well as remaining gift and GST exemptions, discounts for taxable estates and revisions to FLP and LLC governing documents to eliminate discounts on smaller estates are all issues that need to be thoroughly understood by practitioners.... More Info
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Building the Modern Family through Third Party Reproduction
With children being conceived in laboratories instead of bedrooms, and as many as six individuals involved in the process, the legal relationship between a parent and child may not be as clear-cut as in the past. Given New York State Justice George Bundy Smith’s concurring opinion in H.M v E.T. that, “there are few areas of the law where certainty is more important than in the rules governing who a child’s parents are,” this poses an enormous legal challenge. This CLE course will explain third p... More Info
$551.5General Credits -
Preparing the Estate Tax Returns and Related Post-Mortem Tax Issues
While not common knowledge, filing a Federal Estate Tax Return, Form 706, is a requirement on the death of a first spouse. In fact, failure to do so might be malpractice. Interestingly, this is true even if the combined estates of both spouses us under the required threshold for a single spouse. This CLE course will explain this and other important facts about Form 706, as well as the ancillary documents that need to be prepared to complete the form and recommendations for ensuring you have file... More Info
$551.5General Credits -
Finding Hidden Assets in a Matrimonial Case
Designed to provide attorneys at all levels with critical information on discovery procedures and techniques, this CLE course will review the Civil Practice Laws and Rules as well as other applicable laws as they pertain to funding hidden assets and other aspects of discovery. Presented by Tully Rinckey PLLC Partner Mario Cometti, Esq. who will draw upon his experience as a former partner in a New York City law firm representing high net worth individuals in complex divorce proceedings the cours... More Info
$291General Credit -
Elder Law and Medicaid: An Introductory Guide
Elder Law and Medicaid planning are both critically important areas of law. The extended life span of the average American demands that we attend to their financial and physical well-being for longer than had previously been anticipated. This CLE course is designed to provide a comprehensive overview of Elder Law and Medicaid planning including eligibility requirements and tips and strategies for asset protection against the costs of long-term care. The newly enacted Caregiver Advise, Record and... More Info
$552General Credits
