Estate Planning Insights – ASSET PROTECTION PART II: FDIC INSURANCE
PART I: FDIC INSURANCE
Ethan R. Okura
Hawai‘i Herald Columnist
The economic news continues to get worse and worse. First, here is a brief summary of some of the advice I offered in last month’s Estate-Planning Insights...
Estate Planning Insights – ASSET PROTECTION IN UNCERTAIN TIMES
PART I: FDIC INSURANCE
Ethan R. Okura
Hawai‘i Herald Columnist
Nearly every day now, newspapers and televisions are blasting us with information about how bad the economy is. We are in the worst economic crisis since at...
Estate Planning Insights – WHAT TO DO WHEN SOMEONE DIES WITH A TRUST
Ethan R. Okura
Hawai‘i Herald Columnist
A Revocable Living Trust allows you to avoid probate at death. You don’t have to hire an attorney to go to court. However, you still need an estate-planning attorney to...
Estate Planning Insights – HAWAI‘I’S INTESTACY LAW
If You Die Without a Will
Ethan R. Okura
Hawai‘i Herald Columnist
When a person dies without a will, that person has died “intestate.” The “intestacy law” determines who inherits the property of someone who dies without...
Estate Planning Insights – THE SPECIAL NEEDS TRUST
A Way to Care for a Disabled Family Member
Ethan R. Okura
Hawai‘i Herald Columnist
Suppose you have a child with a disability. Maybe the child was born or later developed a mental disability, or maybe even...
Estate Planning Insights – THE VALUE OF A SPECIALIST
“Specialist” for a Reason
Ethan R. Okura
Hawai‘i Herald Columnist
Most of us see our general practice physician when we’re sick. If a serious illness is discovered, however, we are referred to a specialist. If we have...
Estate Planning Insights – REAL ESTATE AND REVOCABLE TRUSTS
Ethan R. Okura
Hawai‘i Herald Columnist
Before you put real estate into a revocable trust, you should consider your age, your health, whether you might refinance or sell your home someday, whether your death might result...
Estate Planning Insights – SIX KINDS OF WILLS
Ethan R. Okura
Hawai‘i Herald Columnist
There are at least five names for legal documents that include the word “will:” will, last will and testament, pour-over will, living will and ethical will. I will explain each...
Estate Planning Insights – WILLS, TRUSTS AND PRIVACY (PART 2)
Ethan R. Okura
Hawai‘i Herald Columnist
In last month’s issue, we discussed the privacy of wills and trusts while a person is living. In this issue, we will focus on the privacy of wills and trusts...
Estate Planning Insights – WILLS, TRUSTS AND PRIVACY (PART 1)
Ethan R. Okura
Hawai‘i Herald Columnist
In this column, let’s compare the privacy of wills with the privacy of trusts while you are living. The attorney who prepares either document – and the attorney’s paralegal or...
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