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Program Date:
01/15/2008
Issues and Updates in Trust Administration
Speaker:  Jacqueline A. Patterson, Attorney at Law, Haney, Buchanan & Patterson
Linda Retz, Attorney at Law


Increased trust litigation regarding administrative issues: Current and proposed changes to the Uniform Principal & Income Act; Rudkin case and the 2% floor; Increased Form 1041 audits; Kenan Gain; Current issues in real property taxation; Potential GST Tax Pitfalls.

MCLE Credits: 1.0 Hr.
Product #--TRUSTS-D-25812 DVD Price $31.50

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Program Date: 11/13/2007
California Legislation 2007: The Annual Update
Speaker: James R. Birnberg, Matthews S. Rae, Jr.


Jim Birnberg and Sandy Rae in their annual "Dog & Pony Show" will discuss new California legislation and its effects on estate planning, trusts, probate, conservatorship and guardianship proceedings. They will give us their predictions for the year 2008 and their recap of 2007.

MCLE Credits: 1.0 Hr.
Product #--TRUSTS-D-25811 DVD Price $31.50

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Program Date: 08/21/2007
Proposition 13 Changes in Ownership and Exclusions Common Reassessment Issues & Recent Developments
Speaker: Richard S. Moon, Senior Tax Counsel, State Board of Equalization


The presentation will cover the constitutional and statutory structure of Proposition 13, including new regulatory changes and pending bills in the Legislature. You will receive a course book with diagrams, the specific focus of which is on three major types of property transactions:
1) Individual property owners, including families, senior citizens, the disabled, and registered domestic partners who seek to preserve their current taxable value

2) Business entities (partnerships, corporations, LLCs) wishing to avoid unintended reappraisal

3) Combinations of individuals and entities, including commercial lessees, attempting to create or dissolve their relationships in property.

The fourth and final portion will describe the procedural aspects of Proposition 13: what to report and when, filing claims for certain benefits, statutes of limitations on escape and supplemental assessments, filing appeals for reassessment, regulatory remedies through the Board of Equalization, and legislative solutions


MCLE Credits: 1.0 Hr.
Product #--TRUSTS-D-25810 DVD Price $31.50

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Program Date: 06/19/2007
Delaware Asset Protection Trusts: Safeguarding Against Uninsured Liabilities
Speaker: DANIEL F. LINDLEY, ESQ. President, The Northern Trust Company of Delaware


A discussion of common planning issues when dealing with generation-skipping transfers and common mistakes when planning for wealthy families.

MCLE Credits: 1.0 Hr.
Product #--TRUSTS-D-25809 DVD Price $31.50

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Program Date: 04/17/2007
Retirement Planning and Beneficiary Designation Issues-Including Conduit Trusts and Pension Protection Act Issues of Interest to Estate Planners
Speakers: Steven E. Trytten, Esq., Anglin, Flewelling, Rasmussen, Campbell & Trytten, LLP


A discussion (and refresher) of those pesky beneficiary designation issues and conduit (or "see-through") trust drafting problems. How the Pension Protection Act will affect estate planners, including a discussion of rollovers of qualified plan interests to non-spousal beneficiaries and the recent, and confusing, advice from the IRS on the subject.

MCLE Credits: 1.0 Hr.
Product #--TRUSTS-D-25808 DVD Price $24.95

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Program Date: 02/20/2007
Making Money From Life Insurance, While You Are Still Alive:  Advising Your Client Regarding Senior Life Insurance Settlements
Speakers: Terry M. Magady, Esq., The Elder Law Center


MCLE Credits: 1.0 Hr.
Product #--TRUSTS-D-25807 DVD Price $24.95

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Program Date: 01/16/2007
Doctors Are From Mars, Lawyers Are From Venus: How To Talk To A Martian
Speakers: Ruth A. Phelps, Esq. and David W. Trader, M.D.


A discussion of (1) common mistakes that lawyers make in dealing with medical professionals and how to do better
(2) how medical and legal professionals can best work together
(3) how to get the medical professionals to listen to the agent under an advance health care directive rather than the screamer in the family or the one who is threatening to sue
(4) what information a lawyer should give a doctor
(5) how to phrase a request to a doctor.


MCLE Credits: 1.0 Hr.
Product #--TRUSTS-D-25806 DVD Price $24.95

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Program Date: 07/18/2006
Collision at the Intersection of Probate and Family Law
Speakers: Howard S. Klein, Maritoni A. Acosta


A panel discussion by certified specialists in family law and estate planning, trust and probate law on these issues, among others: estate planning during a divorce and what about those nasty ATROs?, death of a party during a divorce and which court takes over, Family or Probate?, and incapacity during a divorce - is it possible and under what circumstances?

MCLE Credits: 1.0 Hr.
Product #--TRUSTS-D-25805 DVD Price $24.95

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Program Date: 12/6/2005
“Private Annuities”
Speaker: Abby F.T. Feinman


This program will provide a detailed discussion of the effective "Estate Freeze" Private Annuity Sale technique. The discussion will include income tax and estate tax issues and opportunities.

MCLE Credits: 1.0 Hr.
Product #--TRUSTS-D-25804 DVD Price $24.95

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Program Date: 05/17/2005
The Law and Science of Questioning Documents for Fun and Games
Speakers: Lynard Hinojosa, Howard Rile, Frank Hix

Join us for a legal and forensic overview of how and when to test the validity of contested documents and signatures

1 Hours, 0 Minutes
1.0 Hr. MCLE Credit

Product #--TRUSTS-D-25803 DVD Price $24.95*

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Program Date: 12/07/2004
GST Update: A Review of the Proposed Regulations
Speakers: Paul N. Frimmer

"A GST, or generation-skipping transfer tax, is imposed whenever there is a transfer (of property, etc.) to a person more than one generation below that of the transferor. The IRS will be issuing new regulations governing the application of GST. Join Paul N. Frimmer, of Irell & Manella, LLP, for a discussion of these new regulations and how they may impact your clients and their estate plans."

1 Hour 0 Minutes
1.0 Hr. MCLE Credit

Product #--TRUSTS-D-25802 DVD Price $24.95*

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Program Date: 08/17/2004
References to Referees in Probate Cases
Speakers: Arnold H. Gold

An experienced bench officer gives us details and tips on the increasing use of Referees in probate matters. It can, and will, happen to you, so be informed!

0 Hour 56 Minutes
1.0 Hr. MCLE Credit

Product #--TRUSTS-D-25800 DVD Price $24.95*

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* Note programs recorded prior to 8/1/2005 where analog originals. DVD's where created from a VHS Original.
 

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