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Elville & Associates engages clients in a multi-step educational process to ensure that estate and elder law planning works from inception, throughout lifetime, and at death. Clients are encouraged to take advantage of the Planning Team Concept for leading edge, customized planning. Legal Services Include: Wills, Trusts, Estate Tax Planning, Powers of Attorney, Living Wills/Advance Medical Directives, Medicaid Asset Protection Trusts, Medicaid Planning and Qualification, Estate Administration, Fiduciary Representation, Nursing Home Selection, Guardianships, Special Needs Planning for children and adults, Social Security Disability Income (SSDI), Supplemental Security Income (SSI), and IRS tax controversy.

Jan. 23 2015

The Importance of the Trustee and Estate Planning Attorney Relationship

By Steve Elville | Posted in Estate Planning | Comments Off on The Importance of the Trustee and Estate Planning Attorney Relationship

Olivia R. Holcombe-Volke, Esq., Associate- Elville and Associates writes: Recent changes in Maryland law highlight the importance of an ongoing relationship between a trustee and the attorney who drafted the trust document.  With the Maryland Trust Act going into effect on January 1, 2015, there are several new statutory requirements with which a Maryland trustee […]

Jan. 07 2015

Do You Contribute to Charity? Consider Continuing That Legacy Through Your Estate Plan

By Steve Elville | Posted in Estate Planning | Comments Off on Do You Contribute to Charity? Consider Continuing That Legacy Through Your Estate Plan

By:  Bridgette E. Becker, Esq., Associate Attorney During the holiday season, many people become more conscious of charitable contributions or choose to make their yearly contributions as the calendar year comes to a close.  As estate planning attorneys, we counsel our clients that you do not only have the option to give to charities and […]

Mar. 07 2013

Estate and Gift Tax Update

By Steve Elville | Posted in Estate Planning | Comments Off on Estate and Gift Tax Update

  The American Taxpayer Relief Act of 2012               A wonderful client of mine recently shared a joke with me.  I thought the joke so humorous, and later, so applicable to many situations in life, that I feel it bears telling again – here it is.  Two men (acquaintances) unexpectedly see each other at […]

Feb. 01 2013

Updates in Maryland Law

By Steve Elville | Posted in Estate Planning | Comments Off on Updates in Maryland Law

              Maryland’s new General and Limited Power of Attorney Act – for decades, powers of attorney in Maryland were largely unregulated – evidenced by a dearth of statutory provisions in the Annotated Code of Maryland.  Subsequently, among many other problems, banks, brokerage firms, insurance companies, and other financial institutions could refuse to accept or […]

Jul. 09 2012

Best Estate Planning for Seniors

By Steve Elville | Posted in Estate Planning | Comments Off on Best Estate Planning for Seniors

A principle of good estate planning is that there is no “one size fits all” estate plan.  Every estate plan should be customized for the particular needs and desires of a family or individual whether or not the estate is “taxable” (in 2012, over one million dollars for state estate tax purposes, or over five […]

Jul. 02 2012

Planning Your Charitable Legacy

By Steve Elville | Posted in Estate Planning | Comments Off on Planning Your Charitable Legacy

Many clients take advantage of our Legacy System to fully educate themselves and their families about all of the options available to them in modern estate planning, including providing a personalized planning structure for loved ones, passing along one’s values through planning (purposeful planning), providing a shell of protection (asset protection) for the shares of […]

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