MD Specific

Trusts, Estates & Probate

Step-by-Step Guide to Drafting Wills and Trusts in Maryland

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5 hours 57 minutes
Lindsay Moss
Heather Sunderman
Elizabeth Ann Fitch
Carl Eastwick
With Lindsay Moss from Moss Law, LLC + 3 others
Recorded April 08, 2024
Product ID 98171

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Overview

Complete With Essential Sample Forms, Planning Tactics, and Troubleshooting Solutions

Do you have all the information you need to draft customized testamentary documents for each of your clients? Don't spend years gathering precious bits of legal practice wisdom - our experienced attorney faculty are here to share their time-tested methods of identifying clients' needs and creating custom-tailored wills and trusts to fit each specific situation. This legal primer offers all the tools and sample forms to get you started. Get the fundamental skills you need to build your estate planning practice - register today!

  • Get practical will and trust drafting skills to speed up the process and give the testator's last wishes power.
  • Stave off conflicts of interest with a clear determination of who your client is from the start.
  • Learn how to deal with interested relatives who want to be present at all the planning meetings.
  • Explore the pros and cons of using a revocable living trust in the will's stead and find out when it's a better option.
  • Explore the functions and mechanics of major trust structures - and make certain you choose the right tool for each job.
  • Give each provision full power with precise word choices - get sample forms to speed up the process.
  • Make sure your remarried and unmarried clients know the default inheritance laws and help them make sure the right beneficiaries are assigned.
  • Phrase the fiduciary and beneficiary designations to leave no room for misinterpretation.
  • Help your clients make the tough medical decisions regarding long-term care, end-of-life and organ donation.
  • Learn how to verify and document the testator's competency to close the door on any potential will contests.

Abbreviated Agenda

  1. Key Elements of Effective Wills
  2. Trusts as Alternatives to Wills
  3. Documenting Long-Term Care, Incapacity, and End-of-Life Decisions
  4. Planning for Unmarried and Remarried Couples
  5. Ethics
Product ID 98171

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  1. Key Elements of Effective Wills

    1. Establishing Statutory Framework
    2. Types of Wills
    3. Designating Fiduciaries
    4. Planning for Disabled Children
    5. Sample Will Verbiage
    6. Sample Forms
    7. Updating Will Documents
  2. Trusts as Alternatives to Wills

    1. When to Recommend a Trust Over a Will
    2. Types and Functions of Trusts
    3. Selecting Trustee(s)
    4. Choosing Trust Situs
    5. Trust Funding Basics
    6. Sample Forms
  3. Documenting Long-Term Care, Incapacity, and End-of-Life Decisions

    1. Basic Medicaid Planning
    2. Long-Term Care Options and Planning in a Nutshell
    3. Advance Medical Directives
    4. Powers of Attorney
    5. DNR Orders and Organ Donation Considerations
  4. Planning for Unmarried and Remarried Couples

    1. Pre- and Post-Marital Agreements
    2. Planning for Children From Previous Marriage(s)
    3. Estate Planning for Same Sex Couples
  5. Ethics

    1. Defining Who Your Client Is From the Start
    2. Handling Clients With Diminishing Mental Capacity
    3. Lawyers Acting as Fiduciaries
    4. Practicing Before the IRS
    5. Conflicts of Interest

Who Should Attend

This basic level online seminar offers foundational will and trust drafting skills that will benefit:

  • Attorneys
  • Paralegals
  • Trust Officers and Personal Representatives
  • Estate Planners
  • Accountants and CPAs
  • Tax Professionals

Speakers

Lindsay Moss
Lindsay
Moss
Moss Law, LLC
Heather L Sunderman
Heather L.
Sunderman
McMillan Metro and Faerber, P.C.
Elizabeth Ann Fitch
Elizabeth Ann
Fitch
Semmes
Carl E Eastwick
Carl E.
Eastwick
Semmes
Speaker bio
Lindsay Moss

Lindsay Moss

Moss Law, LLC
Lindsay Moss

is the principal of Moss Law, LLC. She is a VA Accredited Attorney, as well as a Certified Dementia Practitioner (NCCDP). Ms. Moss is certified in Alzheimer's and Dementia Care (HFAM/MAADS). She represents individuals and families in the areas of elder law, Medicaid, veteran's benefits, estate planning, special needs planning, asset protection, crisis and pre-crisis planning; and issues associated with adult medical daycare, assisted living and nursing home placement. Ms. Moss earned her B.S. degree, magna cum laude, from Towson University and her J.D. degree from the University of Baltimore School of Law.

Speaker bio
Heather L Sunderman

Heather L. Sunderman

McMillan Metro and Faerber, P.C.
Heather Sunderman

is an associate at McMillan Metro and Faerber, P.C., where she focuses on the areas of wills, trusts, estate planning, probate, guardianships and family law. In addition, Ms. Sunderman is trained as a mediator and collaborative law practitioner. She has been appointed by courts to represent disabled persons in guardianship matters, and children in contested custody matters. Ms. Sunderman has litigated cases in many different areas of the law including divorce, guardianships, domestic violence and civil disputes. She earned her bachelor’s degree from Allegheny College and her J.D. degree from Washington College of Law (American University). Ms. Sunderman is a member of the Maryland State Bar Association and the Bar Association of Montgomery County, Maryland. She is admitted to practice law in Maryland, Virginia and the District of Columbia.

Speaker bio
Elizabeth Ann Fitch

Elizabeth Ann Fitch

Semmes
Elizabeth Ann Fitch

is of counsel with Semmes in the firm's estate planning, probate and trusts practice. She earned her B.A. degree from the University of Maryland and her J.D. degree, magna cum laude, from the University of Baltimore School of Law. While in law school, Ms. Fitch was a rule 19-217 student attorney at the University of Baltimore Tax Law Clinic, where she represented taxpayers in federal and state tax disputes involving administrative controversies before the IRS and the Comptroller's Office of Maryland. She is a member of the American Bar Association, Howard County Bar Association, Maryland Association of Judges of the Orphans' Court, Maryland State Bar Association and the National College of Probate Judges. Ms. Fitch is admitted to practice in Maryland, U.S. Supreme Court, U.S. District Court District of Maryland, District of Columbia and U.S. Tax Court.

Speaker bio
Carl E Eastwick

Carl E. Eastwick

Semmes
Carl Eastwick

is of counsel with Semmes, where he concentrates on the law of wills and trusts and the administration of estates. In that practice, he has been privileged to help a wide variety of clients pull together comprehensive estate plans considering the client’s individual situation and wealth transfer wishes. Mr. Eastwick has helped clients develop and implement plans which have featured, in addition to the mandatory will or revocable trust, power of attorney, and health care directives, the following techniques: irrevocable life insurance trusts and other trusts designed to lessen the burden of the taxes imposed on the transfer of wealth; sophisticated charitable gift planning using deferred vesting trusts; asset protection planning designed not only to protect assets from potential creditors but also to preserve asset values from the effects of gift, estate and income taxation; and business succession planning as a part of the comprehensive wealth transfer strategy. He earned his A.B. degree, cum laude, from Princeton University and his J.D. degree from the University of Virginia. Mr. Eastwick is a member of the editorial board of the Virginia Law Review, Maryland State Bar Association (Taxation, and Trusts and Estates sections) and Baltimore Estate Planning Council. He is admitted to practice in U.S. Supreme Court and Maryland.

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