Estate Planning Insights – Hawaii Real Property Tax Exemptions
ESTATE PLANNING BY Carroll D. Dortch Carroll (Cary) D. Dortch received his doctor of jurisprudence degree from the University of New Hampshire School of Law. Did you know that there are some exemptions that you can employ to save on your property taxes in Hawai‘i? One of the most commonly used exemptions is the real....
Estate Planning
ESTATE PLANNING INSIGHTS By Ethan R. Okura Spring is in the air! So what does that mean? It means it’s time to do your spring cleaning — time to get rid of all the junk that you’ve accumulated over the past year, deep-clean the house and freshen it up. It also means that it’s time....
Summer Tax Savings
Having just enjoyed the 4th of July weekend just about a month ago, one thing is certain: Summer is here! I don’t know where all the time is going, but 2014 is flying by...
Estate Planning Insights – Why You Need A Will Right Now
ESTATE PLANNING By Ethan R. Okura
Estate Planning Insights – Tax Filings, Payments and Other Considerations
ESTATE PLANNING INSIGHTS By Ethan R. Okura
Estate Planning Issues – The Three Types of Nursing Homes
ESTATE PLANNING INSIGHTS By Ethan R. Okura Over the years, we have had hundreds of clients who have gone to nursing homes to provide for their care as they aged. Some lived full, rich, engaged lives in the nursing home until the very end. Others suffered from severe physical disabilities or dementia that prevented them....
Estate Planning Insights – Finding the Best Nursing Home in Hawaii For Yourself
ESTATE PLANNING INSIGHTS By Ethan R. Okura In last month’s column, I discussed the different types of nursing homes and long-term care facilities available in Hawai‘i. We covered ARCH, adult foster homes and nursing homes. Although we did not discuss them, there are also assisted living facilities, which are an important component of elder care.....
Estate Planning Insights – Controlling Your Assets From The Grave
Carroll D. Dortch
Guest Columnist, Okura & Associates
One of the best ways to protect the assets that you give to your children is by using a generation-skipping, transfer tax-exempt trust. These are often referred to...
Your Digital Assets – Protecting Your Valuable Electronic Data
ESTATE PLANNING By Ethan R. Okura
Estate Planning Insights – AHCD. POLST. HIPAA. – What You Need to Know
ESTATE PLANNING INSIGHTS By Ethan R. Okura One of the most important things you should do as you work on your estate planning is to authorize someone to make decisions on your behalf should you become incapacitated and can no longer make your own decisions. The person you authorize is called your agent. You can....
Purchase Culture4Kids!
