Trusts, Estates & Probate CLE Courses

Trusts, Estates & Probate CLE Courses

NBI offers a complete library of Trusts, Estates & Probate CLE courses addressing key legal issues, developments, and leading practices for attorneys in all stages of their practice.

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  1. Wrapping Up Estate Administration 101: Final Accounting, Tax, Distributions, and More
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    Wrapping Up Estate Administration 101: Final Accounting, Tax, Distributions, and More

    Work on the final accounting begins at the first steps of the estate administration and continues until it wraps up all the hard work. Every cent of estate assets, every receipt, expense, and payout must be recorded and balanced before the personal representative is discharged. Are you confident you're not misrepresenting or leaving anything out? This essential overview will walk you through the key steps of structuring, completing, and balancing the final accounting. Identify key mistakes and pain points and come away with helpful troubleshooting examples. Register today! Optimize your estate inventory practices to build a solid foundation for the final account. Properly handle and record distributions. Identify what needs to be filed and when. Walk through the final accounting report and spot problems that may cause it not to balance. Identify top mistakes that can derail the estate closing.

    Recorded March 11, 2025.
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  2. Drafting Essential Estate Planning Documents
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    Drafting Essential Estate Planning Documents

    This comprehensive legal instruction offers essential knowledge and resources to draft key documents used to plan for clients' trusts and estates. Establish heirs and plan distributions, choose and prepare fiduciaries, outline medical decisions, and more. With experienced attorney faculty sharing their top approaches and sample documents, you'll save time drafting and advise clients on the wisest course of action for every unique situation. Register today! Get sample language for wills, trusts, beneficiary designations, and more. Understand when specific provisions and documents are used for best results. Learn to draft to prevent unintended consequences. Help clients make the tough end-of-life and organ donation decisions and communicate them clearly and properly. Guard your professional reputation with a specialized legal ethics guide.

    Recorded November 22, 2024.
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  3. Probate Process From Start to Finish
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    4.13

    Probate Process From Start to Finish

    This practical guide is designed to provide you with detailed knowledge of probate processes and best practices for handling the various issues that may arise. Let our seasoned probate attorneys teach you how to navigate those crucial first steps; handle the personal executive; gather, value and distribute all assets; and successfully complete the final accounting. You will also learn how to anticipate tax pitfalls and handle special issues that may arise. Arm yourself with the foundational knowledge and best practices you need to ensure a smooth administration from start to finish. Register today! Start the case off on the right foot by confidently navigating critical first steps. Advise personal representatives by examining all powers, duties, responsibilities, and compensation guidelines. Gather, value and maintain all assets - and learn when and how to employ a financial expert. Pick up tips for validating, prioritizing, and satisfying creditor claims. Get practical guidance for post-mortem planning, trust administration, and tax hurdles. Discover how to litigate deed contests, lost or contested wills, fiduciary misconduct, and more. Put the decedent's affairs to rest by making distributions, filing the final tax return, and completing the final accounting.

    Recorded December 10, 2024.
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  4. Wills vs. Trusts: The Ultimate Guide
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    Wills vs. Trusts: The Ultimate Guide

    Estate planning is a delicate balancing act of finding the right solutions to the clients' unique circumstances and (often conflicting) priorities. This essential wills and trusts guide walks you through the decision-making process and offers practical knowledge for drafting essential estate planning documents. Register today! Recognize when you should use a will and when a trust is a better option. Get the sample documents you need to draft airtight wills. Know when to use revocable vs. irrevocable trusts. Draft personalized trust forms and plan out distributions.

    Recorded October 03, 2024.
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  5. Estate and Trust Administration: Key Tasks, Forms, Procedures and More
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    Estate and Trust Administration: Key Tasks, Forms, Procedures and More

    All the planning instruments are put to the real test when the person passes away and their affairs are to be laid to rest. Do you have the knowledge, skills, and resources to ensure the estate and trust administration go off without a hitch? This practical legal guide will take you through the process step-by-step and give you the know-how for managing estate assets, trust distributions, tax reporting, and much more. Register today! Get a first handle on tax deadlines, extensions and required supporting documents. Choose the right form of administration for each case and prepare for its unique demands. Walk through the essential elements of the estate closings. Explore key trust administration tasks and trustee duties and powers. Guard your professional reputation with a legal ethics guide that focuses on trusts and estates practice. Get practical tips for handling creditor demands and managing estate assets.

    Live Online + OnDemandJun 30, 3:00 PM
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NBI offers a complete library of Trusts, Estates & Probate CLE courses addressing key legal issues, developments, and leading practices for attorneys in all stages of their practice. Our Trusts, Estates & Probate course library includes courses offered in several different formats to meet your learning needs and fit your schedule. To ensure you get the CLE credits you need, our courses are pre-approved for CLE credit in several states. Learn from leading Trusts, Estates & Probate lawyers now.