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The SECURE Act: How Does It Affect Your Retirement Accounts? from Austin Estate Planning Lawyer Liz Nielsen
On December 20, 2019, President Trump signed the Setting Every Community Up for Retirement Enhancement Act (SECURE Act), which became effective on January 1, 2020. The Act is...
How to Protect Your Family When You and Your Spouse Work in the Family Business, from Austin Estate Planning Lawyer Liz Nielsen
You and your spouse live together, you work together, and chances are you spend a lot of your free time together. Having a successful family relationship and family...
The Lifetime QTIP Trust (Or How to Maintain Control of Your Estate and Keep Spouse No. 2 Happy) from Austin Estate Planning Lawyer Liz Nielsen
Estate planning for couples in a second or subsequent marriage can be tricky, especially if the size of their estates is disproportionate. One solution for allowing the well-to-do...
Estate Planning Strategies to Protect Your Spouse, from Austin Estate Planning Lawyer Liz Nielsen
You have searched for and found the love of your life, maybe your first love, or maybe after a previous marriage. As you have built your life together,...
American Heart Month: Who Should Be My Medical Agent? From Austin Estate Planning Lawyer Liz Nielsen
Since 1963, February has been celebrated as American Heart Month, an effort to urge Americans to join the fight against heart disease, which is the leading cause of...
How to Protect Your Great Ideas or Works for Your Family from Austin Estate Planning Lawyer Liz Nielsen
Your money, home, and vehicles are not the only things you should include in your estate plan. Your intellectual property and any income it generates should also be...
Your Divorce Decree: The Next Step in Estate Planning, from Austin Estate Planning Lawyer Liz Nielsen
You have recently divorced and the judge has signed the divorce decree. Now what? Although you may feel as though you have spent enough time and money on...
What To Do After a Loved One Dies, from Austin Estate Planning Lawyer Liz Nielsen
If you've been appointed an executor of a loved one's estate, or a successor trustee, and that person dies, your grief – not to mention your to-do list,...
What the heck is a Muniment of Title and When Can It Be Used? from Austin Estate Planning Lawyer Liz Nielsen.
What is a Muniment of Title? A Muniment of Title allows a document, such as a Last Will and Testament, to be treated as proof of title to...
Ethical Wills – Passing on Your Wisdom and Experience to the Next Generation, from Austin Estate Planning Lawyer Liz Nielsen
Each person accumulates a wealth of knowledge, experiences, and values throughout the course of their life. Regardless of whether you are financially wealthy, you have a great deal...
