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Estate planning considerations when moving to a new house
Moving to a new house can be stressful. You must pack up all your possessions, organize the boxes, sign paperwork and transport your...
Jul 6, 2020
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Is a spendthrift trust right for your beneficiaries?
Your estate is an important legacy you can leave behind for your children. Because of the inheritance they will receive when you’re gone,...
May 11, 2020
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The basics of choosing your conservator
As you work through estate planning, you have likely heard of conservatorship. Choosing who will be your conservator is an important step...
May 5, 2020
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New executive order lifts digital commerce and legal restrictions
Coronavirus is changing the way Tennesseans do business. Even as the state slowly reopens, officials are still figuring out how to do so...
May 5, 2020
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COVID 19 ALERT
We are still here for you! Given the current circumstances surrounding COVID-19, we feel it is appropriate to not only protect our firm...
Mar 23, 2020
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Can a trust protect your privacy?
You need an easy way to plan for the future of your assets. Everyone in your life has a different opinion on what you should do with your...
Mar 11, 2020
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Two key differences between an irrevocable and revocable trust
You can use a number of estate planning tools to achieve all sorts of goals. Some help to shield assets from creditors while others can...
Feb 2, 2020
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Business succession planning: Gift or sell?
Family businesses are an important part of the country’s economy. They make up over 50% of the country’s gross domestic product and are...
Jan 22, 2020
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4 steps to keep your kids from wasting their inheritance
As a parent, you put in a lot of hard work to earn, save and invest your money to create a withstanding inheritance for you children. But...
Jan 21, 2020
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How to choose an executor for your will
The executor of your will is the person you select to manage your final affairs after you pass away. This role is an honor, but it is...
Jan 21, 2020
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Frequently asked questions about a power of attorney
A power of attorney gives another person — an agent — the authority to act on your behalf in legal and financial matters. Choosing your...
Jan 15, 2020
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Is Tennessee an attractive locale for doing business?
After sifting through the relevant data points for analyzing a state’s placement on a national list underscoring business friendliness,...
Jan 10, 2020
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Proactive thinking about estate planning events, scenarios
Jamie Hopkins is a singly packaged finance professor, retirement expert and writer on estate planning. We spotlight some of the key...
Dec 15, 2019
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Franchise opportunities: always fertile ground for TN entrepreneurs
The United States commercial market is the largest and most varied in the world. It thus comes as no surprise that bright and...
Nov 28, 2019
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Benefits for incorporating trusts into an estate plan
Most people understand the benefits of a general estate plan. It protects loved ones from duking it over assets in court, and it also...
Nov 26, 2019
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Passing along song copyrights with an estate plan
If you write and perform music, you have unique financial assets. If you are a full-time songwriter, you receive money from your songs’...
Sep 13, 2019
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Enhancing estate planning outcomes: wills and trusts together
It’s an often-posed query in the estate planning realm: wills or trusts? Many individuals and families in Tennessee and elsewhere spend...
Sep 5, 2019
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Flexibility and utility on display with estate planning trusts
A financial adviser recently writing an article for Forbes leads off with – and then quickly discards – the premise that trusts are...
Aug 22, 2019
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The relevance of nondisclosure agreements for some TN businesses
Experienced Tennessee business law attorneys routinely help commercial principals across the state create agreements that are critically...
Aug 8, 2019
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Do you know who will make important decisions if you cannot?
You probably already know that an estate plan can help you plan what you want to happen after your death. However, many people do not...
Aug 2, 2019
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