Pennsylvania Asset Protection & Estate Planning Blog Will & Trust Attorney Blog For Unruh, Turner, Burke & Frees

This blog, which is regularly updated by our estate planning attorneys, strives to keep our clients and potiential clients informed, engaged, and connected to the latest news, trends, and current events regarding Penn. asset protection, inheritance dispute resolution, executor and trustee information, will & trust law, and elder trust law. Learn more abou the estate law issues that affect you most in these short, personal, and candid legal blog posts.

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Spring 2021 Virtual Executor Training Receives Rave Reviews! Executor training, what is an executor, when and how to hire the right legal, accounting, and financial advisors, how to avoid personal liability.
FAQs - Revocable and Irrevocable Trusts Our Series on Trusts will provide clarity on what trusts are, how they can be used, and the differences between the various kinds of trusts.
Demystifying Trusts -- How Trust Planning Can Benefit Your Family Our Series on Trusts will provide clarity on what trusts are, how they can be used, and the differences between the various kinds of trusts.
Demystifying Trusts -- How Trust Planning Can Benefit Your Family -- Part I Our Series on Trusts will provide clarity on what trusts are, how they can be used, and the differences between the various kinds of trusts.
Pennsylvania's New Digital Assets Law -- PA RUFADAA Pennsylvania Recently Adopted the Revised Uniform Fiduciary Access to Digital Assets Act (RUFADAA). What Do You Need to Do to Ensure Your Estate Planning is Up to Date?
Federal Estate Tax Planning Alert for UTBF Clients 2020 election impact on estate planning, presidential election effects on estate planning, estate tax exemption, SLAT, spousal limited access trust
Estate Planning for Your Horses and Donkeys When an owner fails to take appropriate steps to provide for their horses or outdoor animals (collectively, the “horses”), the consequences upon your death can be dire.
The Government Has Radically Changed the Way Inherited IRAs Now Work: What you Need to Know To Fix Your Estate Plan You may have heard that the federal appropriations bill enacted into law by Congress and the President in the final weeks of 2019 includes changes to the federal tax code that may affect your qualified retirement plan (such as a 401(k)) or IRA (sometimes called “retirement assets”).
Are You the Beneficiary of a Trust? Do You Want to Direct the Remainder When You Die? If you are the current beneficiary of a trust, whether created under a parent’s Will, set up by your deceased spouse, or by a relative, then you may have a powerful tool in your estate planning tool-box waiting to be used!
Do Your Will and Power of Attorney Cover Digital Assets? digital assets, estate planning for digital assets, frequent flyer account inheritance;
[Updated 2020/2021 Ed.] Gifting and Other End of Year Estate Planning for 2020 and 2021 Six year-end estate planning tips, strategies and actions you need to consider to protect your heirs and your assets. 2020 Update
[UPDATED] Is Your Power of Attorney Document Up to Date? power of attorney new requirements; is your Pennsylvania financial power of attorney document up to date?