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We at Yates Campbell LLP are thinking of our staff, clients, friends, and members of our community during these difficult times. We remain available to assist with your legal matters, and the col...

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At the 38th Annual Trusts and Estates Seminar, Tom Yates and Alvi Aggarwal gave a presentation on recent developments in Virginia trusts and estates law. The slides from that presentation are ava...

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This year, new tax legislation—perhaps the most significant in over 30 years—went into effect. The new legislation markedly alters the tax laws for both individuals and businesses, including ...

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In Thorsen v. Richmond Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, the Virginia Supreme Court established that attorneys who draft wills are liable to the intended beneficiaries of their se...

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What happens when a resident of another state dies owning Virginia real estate? When a person dies owning real estate in more than one state, ancillary probate may be necessary to transfer some o...

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Charitable trusts are often appealing to donors who wish to give significant sums to charity. These kinds of trusts afford tax benefits for donors and allow donors to retain certain benefits for ...

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Unitrusts and the Big Problem They Address Some trusts have different income beneficiaries and remainder beneficiaries. Such a trust might provide, for example, that the surviving spouse receives...

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Our estate planning process is a collaboration between us and our clients. The process itself is something we work with each client to define, so it varies from client to client. The time it tak...

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You might think that any lawyer with law degree (a J.D.), a license to practice law, and no disciplinary complaints can make you a good estate plan or advise you well regarding an estate or trust...

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Choosing “Something Else” Previously, we distinguished English per stirpes from the other distribution methods. In the scenario in Part 1, in which all of Henry and Wendy’s children die be...

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