Trusts & Estates Articles

Trusts & Estates Magazine: Don’t Be Afraid of Questions

An article by Avi Z. Kestenbaum. January 2017 Don’t Be Afraid of Questions Sometimes, you have to get personal. Full article attached.
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The Wall Street Journal Podcast (Audio): Should Children Inherit Assets Jointly or Separately?

The Wall Street Journal’s Veronica Dagher interviews Avi Kestenbaum to discuss how to best go about managing your children’s inheritance, and whether they should receive ...
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The Wall Street Journal Podcast: Should Children Inherit Assets Jointly or Separately?

Meltzer Lippe’s Avi Z. Kestenbaum discuses how to best go about managing your children’s inheritance, and whether they should receive assets jointly or separately. Click ...
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Die and Let Live! – A Review of Don DeLillo’s novel Zero K

Jeffrey A. Galant, Counsel in our Trust & Estates group, gives a fascinating review of Don DeLillo’s novel, Zero K. “We are born without choosing ...
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The Wall Street Journal Podcast: What Prince’s Death Teaches About Estate Planning

When Prince died without a will, it raised a lot of questions about his estate. Meltzer Lippe’s Avi Z. Kestenbaum discusses why people put off ...
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Steve Leimberg’s Charitable Planning Newsletter: Stepping-Up CLATS, a Win-Win for Beneficiaries and Charities

In an article published in the January 12, 2016 issue of the LISI Charitable Planning Newsletter, Avi Z. Kestenbaum and Mary P. O’Reilly, both co-chairs ...
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What Happens to My Debts When I Die?

Sarah Max, author from MONEY Magazine interviews partner, Stephen M. Breitstone to find out what happens to your debts after you die. What happens to ...
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The Wall Street Journal Podcast: How to Speak to Your Parents About Their Estate Planning

Watching Your Wealth: Meltzer Lippe’s Avi Kestenbaum joins Veronica Dagher with tips on how to talk to your parents about their estate plan. Click below ...
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Why the Buffet-Gates Giving Pledge Requires Limitation of the Estate Tax Charitable Deduction

In an article published in Trusts & Estates, Avi Z. Kestenbaum, co-chair of Meltzer Lippe’s Trust & Estates practice group, reviews “Why the Buffet-Gates Giving ...
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New Inheritance Rights for Children Conceived After Death

Laws are often unable to keep up with issues that arise from devloping bio-technology. This is especailly true for the advances in assisted reproductive technologies ...
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