Minnesota CLE - Trusts and Estates Courses
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Safeguarding Your Business & Investment Clients with Proactive Asset Protection & Estate Planning
The goal of Asset Protection & Estate Planning Program for Business & Investment Clients is to address both legacy and family considerations as well as provide complete asset protection while optimizing tax benefits. This CLE course will provide everything you need to know to design a program that is both easy-to-use and flexible enough to apply even as a portfolio grows. The programs must also be able to hold up under any legal scrutiny and be fully integrated so that assets are not le... More Info
$552General Credits -
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Guardianships Across Jurisdictions: Basic Considerations For the Attorney Practitioner
The guardianship process is notoriously lengthy and complicated. The Uniform Laws Commission (ULC) put forward a set of rules aimed to make guardianship easier for attorneys to understand. The rules, in whole or in part, have since been adopted by 46 states. This CLE course will offer an overview of the practical application of the new ULA rules. The ULA updated the provisions to include inter alia, property management protections, provision with regards to minors subjected to guardian... More Info
$551.5General Credits -
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Estate Planning for Attorneys Who Help Business Owners
Clients who own small businesses have particular needs and concerns with regards to estate planning. This CLE course will prepare estate planning attorneys to serve those clients as part of their overall estate planning. The course will go far beyond the issue of wills and delve into operations, employees, customers, vendors, leases, licenses and a slew of other issues as part of their estate plan. The course will assist attorneys in managing their clients’ expectations as well... More Info
$551.5General Credits -
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Split-Dollar Life Insurance Planning After the Levine Case
In Marion Levine v. Commr. 158 T.C., a resounding victory was recently given to a taxpayer who pursued what many view as an aggressive spit-dollar life insurance plan for the purpose of minimizing estate taxes. This CLE course will explain the case and split-dollar planning as well as review prior cases that were decided against other taxpayers who used similar techniques. The course will explain what the taxpayer did right in the Levine case, the mistakes made in prior cases and how a... More Info
$291.25General Credits -
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GRAT and Valuation Planning After CCA 202152018: What Practitioners Need to Know
The CCA 202152018, released at the end of 2021, addresses the valuation challenge regarding the consideration that should be given to a potential sale when valuing an asset. Its impact on grantor retained annuity trusts (GRATs) and how an appraiser valuates the implications of a potential sale from no sale, conversations with buyers, letters of intent, binding contracts and so forth across the continuum. The recent changes place a possible sale fairly close to an actual sale in the pro... More Info
$291.25General Credits -
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Ethics “Gotchas” That Every Estate Planners Must Know
Given the dynamic nature of today’s estate and tax laws, attorneys have plenty to keep up with. With regards to estate planning, it’s critical for attorneys to know about their obligation to their clients under the Rules of Professional Responsibility lest they be faced with expensive and time-consuming ethics investigations which could result in a revocation of their license. This lively CLE course, presented by a trial lawyer with over 20 years of trust and estate litigation experience,... More Info
$341.25Ethics Credits -
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Will, Trusts, and Advanced Directives: Know What is Right for Your Client
This comprehensive CLE course will present effective planning tools related to Last Wills & Testaments and trusts. The course will introduce succession planning, estate planning and how to plan using wills and trusts, as well as more advanced directives including POA’s, living wills and health care proxies. Medicaid planning, tax planning and asset protection when creating estate plans as well as the impact of the Uniform Health Care Decisions Act that advocates the inclusion of standa... More Info
$291General Credit -
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The Secure ACT: Five Key Considerations
This CLE course will explain the SECURE Act (Setting Every Community Up For Retirement Enhancement) and its impact on the nation’s retirement system. The course will address the five main focus areas of the SECURE Act and how, as an attorney, the law may affect your financial plan. The course will cover topics such as the new age requirements for RMD’s and age limitations on traditional IRA’s, distribution options for beneficiaries, flexibility and options with regards to 529 p... More Info
$291General Credit -
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The Nuts and Bolts of Guardianships
Guardianship proceedings differ from advanced directives such as health care proxies and powers of attorney. This CLE course will address the basics of guardianship proceedings, also known as conservatorships in some states, when such proceedings should be commenced and what courts look for in these proceedings. The course will also explain the Uniform Health Care Decisions Act, which was passed in many states and explain a variety of issues related to guardianships/conservatorships th... More Info
$291General Credit -
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The Mathematics of Estate Tax Planning
There are vast differences in how the federal estate tax varies depending on the financial dynamics that apply to each family. These are both influenced by and impact growth, values, spending, income tax rates, discounts, and many others. Any attempt to apply common strategies without being specific to the parties involved will result in less-than-optimal planning results as well as unnecessary federal estate tax payments. More problematic is the failure to consider income tax implication... More Info
$291General Credit
