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Does a Beneficiary have to Pay Taxes on 401(k)?

If you anticipate inheriting a 401(k) from a parent, a spouse or someone else, it’s important to know your options for minimizing tax liability.
09/08/22 • by: Emily Hicks Law, PLLC
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IRS Extends Portability Election Option Deadline from Two to Five Years

Portability allows spouses to combine their exemption from estate and gift tax. This allows a surviving spouse to use the unused estate tax emption of the deceased spouse.
09/07/22 • by: Emily Hicks Law, PLLC
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The Risks of Creating Your Own Estate Plan

Even Consumer Reports suggests working with an experienced estate planning attorney to make sure documents are correctly prepared.
09/06/22 • by: Emily Hicks Law, PLLC
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Some Key Documents Should Be Considered Before Sending Your Child Off to College

A critical item is often missing from back-to-school college checklists — and it could be far more valuable than anything else your student takes to school this fall: signed legal documents.
09/05/22 • by: Emily Hicks Law, PLLC
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Must I Pay for Spouse’s Debt If They Die?

If husband and wife did not own together or separately any land, a house, a boat etc. but only rented a home and had no children, is the surviving spouse responsible to pay medical bills that insurance did not cover?
09/02/22 • by: Emily Hicks Law, PLLC
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What Happens If Couple Divorce and Own Business?

No one enters a relationship — be it personal or business — thinking it will fail. However, what happens when it does?
09/01/22 • by: Emily Hicks Law, PLLC
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Who Is the Best Person for Executor?

What do these appointments mean to the person(s) named to act? What happens if they fail or decline to act? Can the planning appoint alternative representatives?
08/31/22 • by: Emily Hicks Law, PLLC
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How Much Money Can a Well Spouse Keep If Medicaid is Needed?

The intent of the laws and regulations is to allow the community spouse to have enough income and assets, so that he or she has enough income and assets to continue to live at home, whether that be a home, an apartment, or other living place.
08/30/22 • by: Emily Hicks Law, PLLC
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Who will Receive Naomi Judd’s Estate?

Naomi Judd’s final will and testament reportedly has some obvious benefactors missing from its pages: the late country singer’s daughters Wynonna and Ashley Judd.
08/29/22 • by: Emily Hicks Law, PLLC
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Does the Way I Title My Assets Have an Impact on My Estate?

The way in which assets are titled can be vital.
08/26/22 • by: Emily Hicks Law, PLLC
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