Indiana CLE - Trusts and Estates Courses
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Starting Strong: Estate Planning Strategies for Premarital and Newlywed Couples
This CLE provides attorneys with essential insights into navigating the complex intersection of love, marriage, and estate maters. This CLE course delves into crucial topics such as prenuptial agreements, joint estate planning, tax implications, and legacy considerations. Attorneys will gain practical tools to help clients communicate effectively about their estates, manage shared assets, and plan for a secure future together. With a focus on fostering estate harmony, this course equip... More Info
$501General Credit -
Tax Cuts and Jobs Act: Impact on Estate Planning and Ancillary Planning Areas - Part 2
This CLE will discuss the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, making massive changes to personal and estate tax rules. Every aspect of planning will be affected: asset protection, charitable giving, planning for itemized deductions, the structure of trusts (grantor vs. non-grantor, ING, SLATs, DAPTs, etc.), and more. This is said to be the most sweeping tax legislation since the 1986 tax act. It might also be the most quickly cobbled together and passed piece of major tax legislation ever, creating a myria... More Info
$501General Credit -
Tax Reform: Estate Planning In the New Environment
The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act made changes to the transfer tax regime that were few in number but great in importance. The foremost change was the increase of the lifetime coupled estate and gift tax exemption to approximately $11.4 million per person, opening up myriad tax planning possibilities for the high net worth and ultra-high net worth. Perhaps equally important was what the TCJA did not change: the annual gift and GST tax exemption regimes, the Section 1014 basis adjustment, and the por... More Info
$501General Credit -
Tax, Financial and Legal Implications of Elder Care Planning
This CLE program will discuss Medicaid and Elder Care planning and how the various tax, legal and financial considerations should be incorporated into an effective elder care plan. Elizabeth Forspan will discuss the asset and income requirements for Medicaid long term care eligibility. She will discuss various tax issues that often arise in the context of elder care planning, such as basis issues and real estate tax exemptions. Elizabeth will also give an overview of what the ideal elder car... More Info
$501General Credit -
Technology and Estate Planning
Technology can transform how practitioners provide estate planning services, and even provide new services to offer. Some technologies are already commonly used but might be applied in new ways to make practice more efficient. Other technologies are just being adapted by professionals. The focus of this program will be practical discussions of how practitioners can adapt different technologies and use them in their practices. Betsy Ehrenberg of Legacy Concierge will explain how software can ma... More Info
$501General Credit -
The Basics of Asset Protection
This CLE course will provide an overview of various asset protection strategies. First, we will discuss the benefits of insurance, gifting, and retirement planning in the asset protection context. Next, we will explain the benefits of single member LLCs and Charging Order Protection entities such as multi-member LLCs and Limited Partnerships. Finally, we will analyze and compare Domestic and International Asset Protection Trusts. More Info
$501General Credit -
The Intersection of Elder Law and Estate Planning
Elder law is the practice of several different but intersecting areas of law. This CLE course, presented by attorney Aaron Futterman, will offer a comprehensive overview of elder law and estate planning and the legal issues as they relate to matrimony, personal injury, trusts, real estate, social security, taxes, and debtor/credit law. The course will also explain its impact on Medicaid, Medicare, guardianship, and veterans’ benefits. Recent updates, especially related to changes in the tax la... More Info
$501General Credit -
The Nuts and Bolts of Guardianships
This CLE course will focus on basics of what a guardianship proceeding is, sometimes called a conservatorship in some states, and how it differs from advanced directives such as health care proxies and powers of attorney. We will discuss when such a court proceeding is and what courts look for in such matters. We also discuss the Uniform Health Care Decisions Act enacted by many states. We will discuss other matters on guardianships/conservatorships and when such a proceeding shoul... More Info
$501General Credit -
Trusts: Planning and Drafting for Divorce
Trusts are one of the most powerful tools for planning to minimize the risk to assets in a future divorce. However, in order to achieve optimal results for clients, trusts must be drafted and administered in a manner that provides protection. Traditional trust drafting often falls far short of providing the safeguards clients want. What provisions should be used in drafting trusts to achieve better results? What trust planning techniques can be used in different client situations to achieve gr... More Info
$501General Credit -
Unequal Inheritances: A Final Parental Communication
A common issue for those trying to plan an estate, especially the dispositive provisions of a will or revocable trust, are the dispositive provisions. What are dispositive provisions? How do they impact the planning of a will or revocable trust? Should they be equal or fair? This CLE course will address all of these issues and discuss factors to consider when helping your client with this determination. More Info
$501General Credit