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Estate Planning For The Modern Family – Use Of The QTIP Trust For Second Marriages

Posted on August 15, 2009, by Joseph E. Balmer

Attorney Joseph Balmer looks at an important tool in estate planning called the QTIP Trust (Qualified Terminal Interest Property Trust) that make provisions upon death of of the surviving spouse.


Why One Should Not Postpone Post-Divorce Estate Planning

Posted on February 28, 2009, by Joseph E. Balmer

Joseph Balmer examines post-divorce estate planning and explains why it should be avoided according to recent surveys supporting this practice.


New Strategies To Protecting Assets From Medicaid Through Long Term Health Care Insurance

Posted on November 29, 2008, by Joseph E. Balmer

Attorney Joseph E. Balmer III examines the protection of Medicaid assets through long term Health Care Insurance and the strategies involved.


Estate Planning After Divorce, Statutory Protections Against The Ex-Spouse

Posted on April 22, 2008, by Joseph E. Balmer

After a termination of the marriage of a man and woman, the newly divorced man or woman often fails to consider reviewing and updating his or her estate planning documents a top priority. In the past, this sometimes resulted in unfortunate and unintended consequences. It is long-standing statutory law in the State of Ohio that [...]


Antenuptial Agreements, An Effective Estate Planning Tool

Posted on March 9, 2008, by Joseph E. Balmer

Antenuptial agreements, also often referred to as prenuptial agreements, are sometimes derided as taking the romance out of marriage and transforming the event and institution into a business arrangement. Some claim that the use of an antenuptial agreement is an acknowledgement that a marriage is likely to fail. However, an antenuptial agreement addresses not only [...]


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