November 2012

• Still Peering Over the "Fiscal Cliff" T-Minus 29 days
• Basics of Estate Planning: The Personal Representative
• Estate of the Month: Too Much Day Dream Believing Leads to Estate Problem

October 2012

• Virginia's Recent Revision and Recodification of Title 64.1: Making an Estate Planning Attorney's Life Easier?
• Basics of Estate Planning: Ancillary Probate
• Estate of the Month: Alex Karras Reminds Us That Estate Planning is About More Than Just a Will

September 2012

• End of Year Planning: 2013 Does Not Look Very Pleasant
• Basics of Estate Planning: Probate Asset v. Non-Probate Asset
• Estate of the Month: Make Sure Your Plan Works

Summer 2012

• How Does Grandma Give Away Her Good China Away?
• Basics of Estate Planning: Joint Tenancy is Not a Good Estate Plan - Part III
• Estate of the Month: A Beastie Boy Provides a "What'cha Want?" Guardianship Moment

June 2012

• Portability of Married Couple's Estate
• Basics of Estate Planning: Joint Tenancy is Not a Good Estate Plan - Part II
• Estate of the Month: Not Your Average Joe

May 2012

• Virginia Enacts Domestic Asset Protection Trust Legislation
• Basics of Estate Planning: Joint Tenancy is Not a Good Estate Plan - Part 1
• Estate of the Month: Another Football Player Teaches an Estate Planning Lesson

April 2012

• Can A Post-Death Conceived Child Receive Social Security Survivor Benefits?
• Basics of Estate Planning: What is a Pretermitted Child?
• Estate of the Month: More Estate Planning Issues for Whitney Houston's Estate

March 2012

• President Obama's 2013 Budget Could Impact Estate Tax Planning
• Basics of Estate Planning: The Second Marriage and Intestacy
• Update on Estate of the Month: More on Viola Drath Murder Trial
• Estate of the Month: Funeral Arrangements and Why Whitney Houston Had a Funeral in New Jersey

January 2012

• Grantor Retained Annuity Trusts - GRATs
• Basics of Estate Planning: Will Clauses - Part 3
• Estate of the Month: Recent Hollywood Couple's Divorces Provide Perfect Estate Planning Teaching Moment

Topics include: Estate Planning for Unsualy Assets, Gifting and Gift Tax Rules, How to Pick a Trustee and Trustee Powers , Spousal Election, Powers of Attorney , More Digital Estate Planning, Will Clauses, Charitable Giving and Your Estate, Guardian Ad Litem and much more.

Estate of the Months Covered include: Local Socialite Viola Drath , Nobel Prize Winner Dr. Raplh Steinman , The Trouble with Trouble , Gene Upshaw , Tony Curtis , The Widow of Malcolm X - Dr. Betty Shabazz and others.

Topics include: Trusts, Irrevocable Life Insurance Trusts ("ILITs"), Advanced Medical Directives ("AMD"), Federal Estate Tax?, Qualified Personal Residence Trusts ("QPRT"), Digital Estate Planning, IRA Roth Conversions, Probate, Life Insurance Benefits and much more.

Estate of the Months Covered include: Sean Taylor, Steve McNair, Walter Kronkite, George Steinbrenner, John O'Quinn, Gary Coleman and others.