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Iowa Estate Planning News Headlines

KPMG to Pay $456 Million for Criminal Violations

Justice Department Settles Voting Rights Lawsuit

Presiding Judges Named In Fifth Judicial District

Public Members Sought for Supreme Court Committee

Egyptian Man Pleads Guilty To Alien Smuggling Charges

New Director For The Administrative Office Of The Trial Court

Justice Department Resolves Litigation with Laurel Regional Hospital

Attorney General To Argue His First Case Before State Supreme Court

Law Day, U.S.A., 2006

Committee To Present Adams Pro Bono Publico Awards

Major Expansion Of Dwi - Drug Courts Recommended

Appointment To State Bar Of Michigan Board Of Commissioners

Law Firm Agrees to Pay $1.2 Million for Violating Court Order

Study Shows Progress of Women and People of Color Among Legal Professionals

New members to the Committee on Professional Standards

Safety And Health Topics: Workplace Violence

Racial Discrimination Damages Of $120,000

Proof Beyond A Reasonable Doubt

Violation Of A Technical Rule

Law Firm, Ironically, For The Unfair

Ruling On Respondent's Motion To Dismiss

Respondent Vigorously Argues

Numbering Among Its Clients Various AFL-CIO

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Did You Know?

The costs and expenses of a conservatorship are paid by your estate
A CONSERVATORSHIP is if you suffer from an incurable disease or are involved in a debilitating accident and are unable to manage your own affairs, state law might require someone to go to court to have a conservator appointed by the court. The conservator is given the authority to make financial decisions and handle your financial affairs, under court supervision, when you lack the capacity to manage them on your own.

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	Latest news about Financial & Estate Planning in Iowa and nationwide: KPMG to Pay $456 Million for Criminal Violations IR-2005-83, Aug. 29, 2005 WASHINGTON — KPMG LLP (KPMG) has admitted to criminal wrongdoing and agreed to pay $456 million in fines, restitu... Read more > Justice Department Settles Voting Rights Lawsuit WASHINGTON – The Justice Department today reached a successful resolution of a lawsuit against the city of Springfield, Mass., regarding allegation... Read more > Proof Beyond A Reasonable Doubt (1) Every person charged with the commission of a crime is presumed innocent unless proved guilty. No person may be convicted of a... Read more > More Estate Planning News >

Estate Planning Terms

Today's Terms

Tenancy-in-Common

Definition:
A form of ownership of property in which two or more persons share ownership (may be equal or unequal shares). At the death of a tenant-in-common, his/her share in the property transfers to his/her heirs, rather than to the other surviving owner(s). Compare with Joint Tenancy.

Informed Consent

Definition:
An authorization to proceed by a person who has been given and understands all of the relevant facts.

Living Trust

Definition:
Sometimes called an Inter-Vivos Trust--A written legal document established during a person's lifetime into which he/she places property.

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Iowa Estate-Planning Attorney

If you live in the following cities and need an Estate-Planning attorney you should contact our Estate-Planning Attorney as soon as possible:

Ames
Ankeny
Bettendorf
Burlington
Cedar Falls
Cedar Rapids
Clinton
Council Bluffs
Davenport
Des Moines
Dubuque
Fort Dodge

Iowa City
Marion
Marshalltown
Mason City
Muscatine
Newton
Ottumwa
Sioux City
Urbandale
Waterloo
West Des Moines

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