
Grass Valley, Nevada City, Lake Wildwood, Penn Valley and Alta Sierra Residents – Did You Know?
If you are a resident of Grass Valley, Nevada City, Lake Wildwood, Penn Valley or Alta Sierra, you now have more choices when selecting your Estate Planning attorney. The areas in and around Grass Valley and Nevada City already have living trust attorney’s in town, but just a short drive down Highway 49, in beautiful, historic Auburn, you will find CunninghamLegal. For those who are not...

DocumentsEstate PlanningPowers of AttorneyRevocable TrustTrustsSeptember 13, 2017by Lockhart Gardner
Estate Planning. It’s Not for Everybody. So Who’s It For?
CunninghamLegal – The Living Trust Lawyers
“Estate Planning” is a general phrase that most people associate with planning for the end of one’s life. While that basic definition is a good place to start, estate planning goes far beyond just planning for the distribution of assets upon death. It also includes planning for periods of incapacity, healthcare decision making, Medi-Cal...

Incapacity – Snow White and the Seven Steps
CunninghamLegal – The Living Trust Lawyers
Incapacity is generally defined as lacking the ability to make decisions for oneself. This can occur due to a mental impairment or a physical disability or illness, which prevents a person from having the ability to communicate their reasonable decisions to others. Like most people, Snow White did not know that she would become incapacitated....

Estate Tax and Gift Tax Coming to an End?
CunninghamLegal – The Living Trust Lawyers
The year 2017 is bringing changes to the estate and gift tax exemption, the annual exclusion as well as a possible repeal of the estate tax due to President Trump and a Republican majority in Congress.
The estate and gift tax exemption is increasing this year as expected. As a refresher, the estate and gift tax is a tax on the transfer of assets...