Category Archives: Trusts & Estates

Media Estate Planning Attorney Discusses Legal Liability

Delaware County Estate Planning Attorney Discusses Legal Liability

 As an experienced Media Estate Planning Attorney I am often asked about legal liability for a power of attorney agent.  Legal liability for an agent when it comes to power of attorney is they will be held liable for intentional misconduct or wrongdoing. Accidental wrongdoing will not result in any liability. This is often included […]

Media Estate Planning Attorney Discusses Reducing Federal Estate Taxes for Large Estates

Delaware County Estate Planning Attorney Discusses Reducing Federal Estate Taxes for Large Estates

 As an experienced Media Estate Planning Attorney I am often asked if it’s possible to reduce federal estate taxes for large estates.  For people whose estates are in a range that they would be subject to the federal estate and you mentioned the figure of $5,450,000 of net worth for a married couple in practical […]

Insolvent Estates and Legal Malpractice

Insolvent Estates and Legal Malpractice

Handling Insolvent Estates can Lead to Liability If you represent administrators and executors in settling decedent’s estates, you will at some time encounter an insolvent estate. Insolvent estates are simply those in which the assets are insufficient to pay all proper charges and claims in full. When handled properly, insolvent estates can be just as […]

Perkins to speak at PBI Estate Law Institute

Edward Perkins to Speak - PBI Estate Law Institute

Firm partner Edward L. Perkins will be a featured instructor during the Pennsylvania Bar Institute’s 23rd Annual Estate Law Institute at the Pennsylvania Convention Center in historic center city Philadelphia. His program, ’10 Things Estate Planners Need to Know’ begins at 2:15 on Wednesday, November 9.  For more information on the Estate Law Institute, and to […]

ABCs of Asset Protection Webinar November 17

ABCs of Asset Protection

ABCs of Asset Protection $79.00 During this two hour course, attorney Edward L. Perkins, Esq. will answer the question: in an increasingly litigious society, how do you legitimately protect your assets from current and future creditors? Fraudulent Transfers – Risks and Remedies Corporations, LLCs, and Partnerships – Which entity best protects the owner? Self-settled and Off […]

Trust Drafting Essentials Webinar October 27

trust-drafting-essentials

Trust Drafting Essentials $79.00 Thursday October 27, 2016 12:30 EST.               During this two hour course, attorneys Edward L. Perkins, Esq. will cover all of the fundamental issues involved in drafting effective trust documents and how to address them – including: Trust Drafting Objectives Basic Trust Structure What to […]

Media Estate Planning Attorney Discusses Getting Your Property to Your Heirs

Delaware County Estate Planning Attorney Discusses Property & Heirs

Media Estate Planning Attorney Discusses Getting Your Property to Your Heirs  As an experienced Media Estate Planning Attorney I am often asked how an individual can give property to their heir in a proper way.  One concern that we have to deal with sometimes is making sure not only the property gets to the right […]

Media Estate Planning Attorney Clarifies General vs. Special Power of Attorney

Delaware County Estate Planning Attorney Clarifies General vs. Special Power of Attorney

 As an experienced Media Estate Planning Attorney, I am often asked about the difference between General Power of Attorney vs. Special Power of Attorney. The difference between a general power of attorney and a special power of attorney is that a general power of attorney grants the agent acting on your behalf broad powers to […]

Media Trust Lawyer Explains Estate Planning

Delaware County Trust Lawyers Explains Estate Planning

 As an accomplished Media Trust Lawyer, I get questions all the time from clients about what is estate planning. Well, when people think about estate planning I think they first think about property being disposed of during a last will and testament. Actually, it also should focus on disposition of property that’s not disposable under […]

Skip to content