In this issue, you'll find tips on the estate planning benefits of saving for college, potential reasons to appoint a trust protector, substantiating charitable deductions, planning for incapacity, and ensuring your joint bank accounts are set up the way you want them.
Kelby Fletcher reviews recent appellate developments in Washington state employment law.
Paying piece rate may cost you more than you think. The Washington Supreme Court will rule on whether agricultural employers must separately pay piece rate workers for rest breaks. The answer may result in substantial back pay claims for piece rate workers. Sarah Wixson explains five things agricultural employers should do now.
In this issue of Insight on Estate Planning, you'll find a review of the uses of Crumney trusts, information about charitable lead trusts, tips on ensuring that asset transfers comply with the relevant laws, an explanation of the IRS's new approach to IRA rollovers, and an article on gift tax exclusions for the payment of certain qualifying expenses.
On September 18, 2014, in Frias v. Asset Foreclosure Services, et al., the Washington Supreme Court held that no cause of action for wrongful foreclosure exists under the Deed of Trust Act until after a foreclosure sale occurs. Tom Lerner and Chris Graving provide analysis on why this is important to lenders.
In this edition you'll find tips on reviewing your estate plan in the event of a divorce, protecting real estate assets, understanding how the generation-skipping transfer (GST) tax may affect your estate plan, dealing with property you own outside your revocable trust, and transferring property at death without the need for a probate proceeding.
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