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Understanding Sundowning in Elders and How an Estate Plan Addresses Dementia Care
September 23rd, 2025
Sundowning is a common symptom of dementia in elders that typically occurs in late afternoon and evening, as the sun sets. The syndrome is characterized by increased confusion, restlessness, agitation, and other similar behavior and feelings. An esta…
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Categories: Estate Planning
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Understanding How a Bypass Trust Works in Estate Planning
September 10th, 2025
Estate planning tools include many different types of trusts, each of which provides benefits in specific circumstances. A specialized trust arrangement referred to as a bypass trust may be used by high-net-worth families to transfer assets across ge…
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Categories: Estate Planning
How Trust Administration and Probate Are Different
August 28th, 2025
When a Georgia resident passes away, state laws determine the process for estate administration, property distribution, and settlement of the deceased person’s estate. For most estates, the applicable process is either trust administration or proba…
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Categories: Estate Planning
What to Know About 2025 Gift Tax Updates
June 5th, 2025
Federal law imposes estate tax and gift tax on most transfers of money or property while a person is living and after death, with certain limited exceptions, including spousal transfers. Fortunately, the laws also provide a lifetime federal estate an…
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Categories: Tax Planning
What Is Medicaid Spend-Down in Georgia?
March 25th, 2025
Medicaid is a program jointly administered by federal and state authorities that provides certain benefits for eligible individuals, including expenses for long-term care and nursing home care. Rigid income and asset eligibility requirements are part…
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Categories: Medicaid
Navigating Estate Planning in a Remarriage
March 3rd, 2025
A new marriage is often a remarriage for one or both new spouses, which simply means that the new marriage is not the first marriage for the remarried spouse(s). Remarriages occur in many different situations, but in every case the remarriage is a re…
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What Do the Terms Per Stirpes and Per Capita Mean in Estate Planning?
January 24th, 2025
Estate planning documents often contain terminology with special legal meaning. Two examples of terms that may appear in a last will and testament or a trust are per stirpes and per capita. Both terms relate to how estate property is distributed in t…
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How To Avoid Ancillary Probate With Estate Planning
January 7th, 2025
If you are a Georgia resident who owns property in another state, your estate may face ancillary probate in the other state after your death, in addition to probate of your estate in Georgia. Ancillary probate incurs additional expenses and requires…
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What Is a Transfer-On-Death Deed in Georgia?
November 26th, 2024
Effective on July 1, 2024, Georgia law recognizes a special type of real property deed that may be used to transfer property on the owner’s death. The deed is called a transfer-on-death deed, or TOD deed. While the new law adds an option for addres…
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What Is a Trust Protector
October 24th, 2024
If your estate plan includes a trust, you may have concerns about protecting the integrity of the trust if unexpected changes occur or legal challenges arise at a later date. In that situation, you may wish to consider the option of designating a tru…
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