by Allison DePaola | Feb 23, 2017 | Connecticut Estate Planning Attorney Blog, Estate Planning
In our October 2016 article we wrote about Connecticut’s new Uniform Power of Attorney Act and how it officially came into effect on October 1, 2016. Have you seen information circulating that intimidates you into acting immediately to update your documents in order...
by Allison DePaola | Feb 22, 2017 | Connecticut Estate Planning Attorney Blog, Estate Administration, Estate Planning
Making decisions about who to appoint to carry out important roles for you after your death can be very difficult. However, if you don’t proactively select the people you trust and the position needs to be filled the Probate Court will appoint someone for you....
by Allison DePaola | Jan 10, 2017 | Connecticut Estate Planning Attorney Blog, Estate Administration, Estate Planning, Long Term Care Issues
Gift and Estate Tax: The federal lifetime exemption for property passing to non-spouse beneficiaries has been increased to $5,490,000.00. The Connecticut lifetime exemption for property passing to non-spouse beneficiaries remains the same at $2,000,000.00. There is...
