Videos
Estate Planning for Individuals Who Are Ready to Make Large Gifts to Family Members
November 2018Daniel G. Johnson, a trusts and estates attorney in Cummings & Lockwood’s Private Clients Group in Stamford, Connecticut, addresses various questions such as the following: Should clients be taking advantage of higher federal and state gift tax exemptions? (36:26)
Estate Planning for Individuals Interested in Giving to Charity
November 2018Stefania L. Bartlett and Cara Howe Santoro, trusts and estates attorneys in Cummings & Lockwood’s Private Clients Group in Stamford, Connecticut, discuss how, even with higher exemptions, many individuals are still motivated to give to charity to reduce taxes and to fulfill philanthropic goals. (19:49)
Estate Planning for Individuals Whose Circumstances Have Changed as a Result of Divorce or Remarriage
November 2018Susan Huffard, a trusts and estates attorney in Cummings & Lockwood’s Private Clients Group in Greenwich, Connecticut, discusses the many ways in which a divorce or remarriage can impact an individual’s estate planning needs. (15:48)
Practical Steps to Take When Downsizing from a Home
November 2018Kathleen M. Merrigan, a residential real estate attorney in Cummings & Lockwood’s Private Clients Group in Greenwich, Connecticut, discusses the tax and practical steps individuals should be taking before they downsize, including figuring out the cost basis in their home, preparing for sale, cleaning up open permits, and resolving the estate tax lien from a predeceased spouse. (11:00)
Estate Planning for an Individual in Their Later Life
November 2018Daniel P. Fitzgerald, a trusts and estates attorney in Cummings & Lockwood’s Private Clients Group in Greenwich, Connecticut, discusses how to navigate the sensitive issues surrounding the incapacity and last days of an individual’s life, including deathbed gifts, funding of revocable trusts, simplification of asset base and step up in basis planning. (17:28)
Connecticut and Federal Tax Law Changes
November 2017This presentation addresses recent Connecticut state tax law changes, as well as those being proposed at the Federal level. (19:23)
When and to Whom Does a Trust Pay Income Tax?
November 2017This presentation provides a comprehensive review of how trusts, including grantor trusts, are taxed and the states to avoid. (18:40)
Unhappy with the Terms of a Trust? Decanting the Problem Away
November 2017This presentation reviews how to draft trusts with flexibility and built-in asset protection features, as well as how to use decanting to “fix” problematic trusts to address changes in circumstances when old trusts are not flexible enough. (32:01)
Estate Planning with Portability and Higher Exemption Amounts
November 2017This presentation discusses why traditional estate plans are still relevant in the era of portability and increasing exemption amounts, as well as how to build flexibility into traditional structures to maximize federal and state estate tax exemptions and generation-skipping transfer tax vehicles. (13:36)
Don’t Kill the Estate Plan -Titling Brokerage Accounts (and Other Assets) in Coordination with Estate Planning Documents
November 2017This presentation addresses the common misconceptions about how bank and brokerage accounts and other assets should be titled for estate planning purposes. (17:37)
Intra-Family Loans: Efficient, Simple and Powerful Estate Planning Tools
November 2017This presentation discusses why families should be using intra family loans to minimize the impact of estate taxes, given the fact that interest rates are still near historic lows. (14:14)
Keeping Your Client's Name Out of the Press: Obscuring Title to Real Estate
November 2017This presentation reviews the various techniques that can be used to insure that a client’s desire for privacy is met when buying or selling a home. (13:48)