Trusts and Estates

  • New York Law Journal | Expert Opinion

    The Evolving Landscape of No-Contest Clauses in Trust Instruments

    By Ross Katz and Sanford J. Schlesinger | March 19, 2021

    The authors discuss their opinion that with the ever-increasing use of inter vivos trusts, the time has come for EPTL 3-3.5 to be amended to include safe harbor provisions that apply to both wills and trusts.

  • New York Law Journal | Analysis

    Lifetime 'QTIPable' Trusts for Gift, Estate Tax Exemption Planning

    By Hollis F. Russell, Gail W. Marcus, Barbara A. Sloan and T. Randolph Harris | March 17, 2021

    With the change in political control in Washington, what changes are on the horizon and what estate tax planning should be done early in 2021 for those high net worth individuals who have not used all of their available exemption?

  • New York Law Journal | News

    Mary Trump Discovered Fraud When Times Probe of Family Finances Surfaced, Kaplan Argues

    By Jane Wester | February 26, 2021

    Roberta Kaplan of Kaplan Hecker & Fink responded to motions to dismiss filed by attorneys representing her client's aunt, former Judge Maryanne Trump Barry of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit, the former president and the estate of his brother Robert Trump.

  • New York Law Journal | Analysis

    New York's New Statutory Power of Attorney: What Goes Around Comes Around, or Does It?

    By Raymond Radigan and David Milner | February 26, 2021

    In December, Gov. Andrew Cuomo signed a series of amendments that made significant changes to the requirements for statutory powers of attorney in the state of New York. The changes, as discussed by C. Raymond Radigan and David Milner in this edition of their Trusts and Estates Law column, are an effort on the part of the New York Legislature to address issues that had become problematic with the use of the existing statutory power of attorney.

  • New York Law Journal | Analysis

    The Right Formula: Gifts of Difficult-to-Value Assets

    By Alison Powers Herman and Karen Schiele | February 19, 2021

    While it remains challenging to predict the timing and magnitude of changes to the federal lifetime exemption amount, effective estate planning strategies, including lifetime gifts, can provide substantial tax benefits whether exemptions decrease in the near future or not.

  • New York Law Journal | Analysis

    New Power of Attorney Law: A Compromise

    By Daniel G. Fish | February 17, 2021

    On Dec. 15, 2020, Gov. Andrew Cuomo signed legislation that made significant changes to the statutory short form power of attorney, effective on June 13, 2021. In this edition of his Elder Law column, Daniel G. Fish examines the changes.

  • New York Law Journal | Analysis

    The Closing Days of 2020

    By Ilene Sherwyn Cooper | January 29, 2021

    In this edition of her Trusts and Estates Update, Ilene Sherwyn Cooper reviews some of the more interesting decisions that concluded last year.

  • New York Law Journal | Analysis

    Evidentiary Issues Unique to Trusts and Estates Litigation

    By Julian B. Modesti and Meaghan T. Feenan | January 27, 2021

    A discussion of the most common evidentiary obstacles trusts and estates litigators should be aware of, including: (1) the probate exception to the attorney-client privilege; (2) how to invoke the Three-Two Year Rule; and (3) the Dead Man's statute.

  • New York Law Journal

    Trusts & Estates

    By Angela Turturro | January 25, 2021

    In this Special Report: "Top 10 Developments, Lessons and Reminders of 2020," "So You Have Relocated to Florida and Think You Are No Longer a New York Resident?," "SLATs: The Hot New Estate Planning Technique for 2021," "Cross-Border Philanthropy: Obtaining a U.S. Income Tax Deduction for a Donation to a Canadian Charity" and "Adapting Asset Protection Trusts to Changes in Circumstances."

  • New York Law Journal

    Top 10 Developments, Lessons and Reminders of 2020

    By Sharon L. Klein | January 22, 2021

    Some say 2020 was the year that didn't happen, but this review of the past year shows that much did indeed take place in the trusts and estates realm, from COVID-19-related developments, such as the tolling of statutes of limitations and tax questions stemming from telecommuting, to legislation on adoption records and third-party reproduction.

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