Original CLE Credit Type: Areas of Professional Practice
Original Seminar Course Length: 6.0 Hours
Cost:
Member $0.00
Non-member $279.00
About the Program:
Learn the technical essentials needed to competently advise your clients on
Wills and Trusts, and to draft documents to accomplish their wishes. Learn what
living trusts can and cannot do, and the advantages and pitfalls of using
trusts to provide for spouses and children, and to protect against creditors.
Course materials will include sample language.
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Presented by the Estates and Probate Section
Seminar Code: EEP161027
Who Should Attend:
Attorneys, paralegals, and trust professionals interested in basic will drafting.
This seminar is appropriate for both newly admitted and experienced attorneys.
You Will Learn:
- How to assess your clients' needs
- Which tools will work best for various client needs
- Technical document drafting best practices and sample language
- About living trusts
John R. Ivimey, Reid and Riege PC, Hartford
Barbara A. Taylor,Reid and Riege PC, Hartford
Program Agenda
- Purposes of Estate Planning
- The Initial Client Questionnaire
- Wills
- Will Drafting
- Finish Will Drafting
- Examples of Questionable Provisions
- Trusts
- Finish Trusts
- Taxes
- Trust Drafting
- Finish Trust drafting
- Ethical Considerations
- Questions and Answers
- Program Concludes