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T&E Litigation Newsletter - 10/3/12
Practice: Probate & Fiduciary Litigation | | In Sacchetti v. Sacchetti, Case No. 10-P-2200, 2012 Mass. App. Unpub. LEXIS 1000 (Sept. 24, 2012), a decision issued pursuant to Rule 1:28, the Appeals Court addressed cross-appeals from a judgment following the eleven-day trial of a dispute between father and son concerning the father’s assets. |
The Time is Now: Making Tax-Free Gifts in 2012
Practice: Private Client & Trust | | Gift and generation-skipping transfer tax exemption amounts of $5,120,000 and tax rates of 35% create a unique opportunity to transfer assets to children, grandchildren and other family members with little or no transfer taxes. In 2013, if Congress does not extend or make these exemption amounts and tax rates permanent, the exemptions from gift and GST tax will automatically decrease and the tax rates will rise substantially. |
T&E Litigation Newsletter - 8/27/12
Practice: Probate & Fiduciary Litigation | | In Bedard v. Corliss, Case Nos. 11-P-2118 & 11-P-2173, 2012 Mass. App. LEXIS 241 (Aug. 23, 2012), the Appeals Court addressed complications arising in the intestate estate of a wife when it was learned that she and her surviving husband had not been validly married. |
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