Family, Estates & Trusts

Family Law covers issues that can have a major impact on individual’s lives.  Family involves emotionally charged issues such as child custody battles, division of assets during a divorce as well as wills, and what happens when they are contested.  The National Law Review is a free resource and can provide information to individuals confronting these difficult issues, and is a great place to start gathering information. 

Divorce, Child Custody & Adoption

The dissolution of a marriage is an emotionally charged legal situation, with a variety of factors that must be considered based on each individual’s situation, the laws of the states involved, and the circumstances of the dissolution.  Additionally, the presence (or lack thereof) of a prenuptial agreement has a significant impact on the proceedings, as well as the attitudes of the parties exiting the marriage.  Division of a variety of assets must be considered before a divorce is final; including assets like Trusts, 401Ks, and Military Pensions.  The National Law Review provides overviews of the process and can give readers an idea of what to expect throughout the divorce process.  The attorneys who write for the National Law Review are experts who regularly provide legal analysis of a variety of scenarios that can impact divorce proceedings.

If children are involved in a divorce, the situation can become much more complicated.  With that in mind, the National Law Review has expert analysis on child custody situations and scenarios, as well as information on how parents can approach these issues with their children’s best interests in mind.  With the high stakes in these legal proceedings, the National Law Review’s legal experts and writers have considered a variety of scenarios and can provide insight into what to expect for some of these situations. 

Additionally, legal issues related to adoption are also covered on the site; especially as it relates to discrimination against same-sex in adoption proceedings by agencies as state laws change.

Estate Planning and Wills

The National Law Review also covers issues related to estate plans and wills. The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017 and IRS policy changes, updates to estate planning strategies and trust administration is available on the site.  Additionally, visitors can also find information about gift/estate taxes and analysis of the changes brought by the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act. Additionally, unusual legal situations like challenging a previously concealed will and other situations that require thoughtful planning, such as estate planning for beneficiaries with special needs, are addressed by legal experts on the National Law Review’s site.

Personal Injury 

Personal injury news is also covered in the National Law Review.  Topics including wrongful death, birth injuries, e-cigarette injuries, abuse in a nursing home setting, hospital injuries, slip and fall cases, and traumatic brain injuries (TBI), among others.  The legal experts who write for the National Law Review have extensive experience in personal injury cases, holding individuals and corporations responsible for their negligent conduct, and provide expert analysis of a variety of situations for NLR readers.

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Recent Family, Divorce, Inheritance, Estate & Trust Law News

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Jul
10
2020
Is Personal Information of Retirement Plan Participants an ERISA Plan Asset? Jackson Lewis P.C.
Jul
9
2020
“Divane Intervention”: ERISA 401(k) Plan Investment Claims Dead On Arrival Proskauer Rose LLP
Jul
8
2020
Unpacking Your Estate Plan When Moving to North Carolina Ward and Smith, P.A.
Jul
7
2020
A Socially Distanced Ceremony: Virtual Execution of Estate Planning Documents McDermott Will & Emery
Jul
7
2020
Mid-Year Safe Harbor Design Changes in a COVID-19 World Jackson Lewis P.C.
Jul
7
2020
Internal Revenue Service Provides Temporary Relief and Other Guidance on Mid-Year Reductions of Safe Harbor Contributions to 401(k) Plans due to COVID-19 Proskauer Rose LLP
Jul
7
2020
FCA victory against law breaking pension introducers Squire Patton Boggs (US) LLP
Jul
3
2020
What Did He Say? A Court Reverses A Statutory Probate Court’s Order Because There Was No Record Winstead
Jul
3
2020
Court Holds That Decedent’s Residence Was Homestead That Was Exempt From Claims Against Her Estate Winstead
Jul
2
2020
ERISA Pension Plan Liability? 10th Circuit Rules in Favor of Foreign Parent of U.S. Subsidiary Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart, P.C.
Jul
1
2020
Precious Metals Now Deemed Tangible Personal Property in Florida Proskauer Rose LLP
Jul
1
2020
Wealth Management Update: July 2020 Interest Rates for GRATs, Sales to Defective Grantor Trusts, Intrafamily Loans and Split-Interest Charitable Trusts Proskauer Rose LLP
Jun
22
2020
Where’s the Will? Indiana Court of Appeals Reverses Trial Court’s Presumption of Revocation for Lost Will Faegre Drinker
Jun
19
2020
Companies Should Know When Their Customers Die: Court Rendered Judgment For An Estate Who Was Sued By An Annuity Company For Overpayments Winstead
Jun
18
2020
Indiana Court of Appeals Affirms That Will Was Product of Undue Influence Faegre Drinker
Jun
17
2020
Probating a Copy of a Will if Original Can't Be Found Stark & Stark
Jun
16
2020
Supreme Court Holds Defined Benefit Plan Participants Lack Standing to Sue Over Allegedly Imprudent Investment Decisions Epstein Becker & Green, P.C.
Jun
14
2020
Texas Court Held A Claim For An Heirship Proceeding Was Barred By Limitations Even Though A New Statute Provides For No Limitations For Heirship Proceedings Winstead
Jun
14
2020
Court Rejected A Trustee’s Objection To Personal Jurisdiction In His Individual Capacity But Affirmed The Objection In His Capacity As Trustee Winstead
Jun
11
2020
Webinar: Your College-Aged Child is an Adult. Now What? Ward and Smith, P.A.
Jun
11
2020
Insights on Estate Planning | Part I: 2020 Estate Planning Opportunities [VIDEO] Wiggin and Dana LLP
Jun
10
2020
Special Needs Spotlight Webinar Series: Integrating Financial & Legal Planning for Families with a Child with a Disability Norris McLaughlin P.A.
Jun
8
2020
New York Estate Tax and Its Dreaded “Cliff” Wiggin and Dana LLP
Jun
4
2020
Texas Supreme Court Holds That There Was No Trust Protecting Church Assets And A Withdrawing Faction Was Entitled To Those Assets Winstead
Jun
3
2020
Is it Time to "Use it or Lose it?" Ward and Smith, P.A.
May
31
2020
Court Affirmed A Trial Court’s Holdings On The Removal Of A Trustee, The Trustee’s Discretion To Construe A Trust, A Trustee’s Advice Of Counsel And In Terrorem Defenses, And The Termination Of A Trust Winstead
May
29
2020
New Electronic Delivery Option for ERISA Retirement Plan Information (US) Squire Patton Boggs (US) LLP
May
29
2020
Non-Residents Owning Real Estate in Connecticut – Possible Strategy for Minimizing Tax Wiggin and Dana LLP
 

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