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Toward the end of each month, we like to share elder law law developments we’ve noticed over the previous couple of weeks. The February review is star-studded, which doesn’t happen very often. We also have some celeb-free tidbits for tax and estate planning and just plain getting old: The February Review of Celeb Estates Larry King: The secret, handwritten will of the legendary broadcaster surfaced in a court proceeding. His son Larry Jr. is seeking…
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We’re pretty pumped. We’ve been podcasting for two years now, and that means this is our 100th episode! We started in March, 2019, with an initial podcast describing the then-recent addition of a new partner (Jacque Mingle) and the then-imminent retirement of founding partner Tom Curti. Tom’s doing fine, by the way — thanks for asking. Join Fleming & Curti, PLC, partners Elizabeth Noble Rollings Friman and Robert Fleming this week while…
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It is well known that writing an estate plan is essential to have an effectual distribution of assets at death.  A lot of time and effort can be expended creating a Last Will, Living Will, Health Care Proxy and Power of Attorney that reflect a person’s desires and intentions.  The New York Probate Lawyer Blog has published numerous articles examining the planning of estates. Additionally, it should be recognized that in order for a Last…
We have discussed California Spousal Property Petitions (SPPs) before. As a refresher an SPP is an abbreviated probate procedure used to clear title to property when a spouse dies. It doesn’t work in all cases but it works in many where one spouse dies and there is a surviving spouse. It works for both community and separate property. It deals with transferring property to the survivor AND confirming the survivor’s property as community.  The latter…