Law Offices of Eric A. Rudolph offers LGBT Estate Planning services can assist in creating and updating your Estate Plan (760) 673-7600
A pourover will is a will used in connection with a trust. A pourover will is like any other will, except that the primary beneficiary is your living trust.
On June 26, 2013, the US Supreme Court in a 5-4 decision in United States v. Windsor declared unconstitutional Section III of the Federal Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) which defined marriage solely as a legal union between a man and a woman. This landmark decision has far-reaching implications that significantly expand estate planning and tax-planning opportunities for same-sex married couples. Under the Supreme Court’s ruling, same-sex couples who are legally married now enjoy marital recognition at both the federal and state level. This ruling [...]
Are you in an unmarried same-sex domestic partnership? Have you and your domestic partner created a Will, talked to an estate planning attorney, or even given estate planning a second thought? If not, you need to consider doing so sooner rather than later, not only to protect your partner, but to protect yourself as well.