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Nina Whitehurst, the owner of Cumberland Legacy Law, is a member of Wealth Counsel, Elder Counsel and the National Association of Elder Law Attorneys, all national estate planning attorney organizations. She is continually upgrading and updating her knowledge of estate planning law through seminars and being an active member of several estate planning attorney email list serves. Her husband, Brian Whitehurst, is the firm's marketing coordinator. Nina Lamothe is the firm's documentation paralegal.
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- Q. Is a Irrevocable trust legally obligated to pay income taxes on monetary cash gifts it receives ?
- A: At the federal level gifts are not taxable to the recipient. The gift giver might owe gift tax but that is highly unlikely to apply to such small amounts. Some states might have lower gift tax exemptions but, again, even those would be unlikely to impact such small gift amounts.
- Q. I am an heir to property in Knoxville,Tennessee, along with 5 other heirs. How do we get our names on the property/deed?
- A: The title can be updated using a simple affidavit that is recorded in the land records, but the title will not be marketable until at least one year has elapsed since date of death or the other assets of the decedent
have been probated and the estate was solvent.
If one of the heirs does not want his or her share, he or she can deed it to the other heirs after his or her share has been claimed on the record.
For your condemnation issue, you should hire an eminent domain attorney. You might also need to hire an appraiser.
- Q. My sister is my mom's POA but refuses to help me care for my mom.
- A: This is a terrible situation, and it saddens me whenever I hear of circumstances like this. You can and should report your sister's behavior to Adult Protective Services. You might also think about filing a police report for theft with respect to any funds or things your sister has stolen from your mom.
Ultimately, however, the best solution, though it is expensive, is for you to hire an attorney to help you petition the local probate court to have you appointed as your mom's conservator and guardian. That will void your sister's power of attorney and install you as the conservator of your mom's funds so you can spend the money for her care rather than your sister ... Read More