Celebrity estate fights can offer lessons for the remainder of us.

Chris Munoz

14 May 2010

A decade-long phase-out of the estate tax eliminated the tax totally as of January. The catch : If nothings done, estate taxes will boomerang back to consequential levels in 2011. Whether the dogs death last year was a case of the town flexing its muscle or merely a sad misunderstanding, what resulted was annoyance and an $11,080 tort claim filed against College Place. Chaz Bono was born a girl to Sonny Bono and Cher and underwent a gender-change operation last year. Bono was represented in court by solicitor Kristina Wertz of the Transgender Law Center. Trailblazing fantasy artist Frank Frazetta died Monday in a Fort Myers, Fla, hospice, a boss announced. Frazetta had been out to dinner with his children Sun. but suffered a stroke at his Boca Grande home later that night and was brought to Lee Commemorative Surgery , executive Rob Pistella asserted.

an infirmary spokesman confirmed the death, as did his girl Heidi Frazetta Grabin. "he is going to be recollected as the most famous fantasy illustrator of the 20th Century, " Pistella declared. While bearing that in mind "Trial & Heirs"and the blog show how any person can mess things up when referring to giving away their wealth after death. Jackson, as an example, kicked the bucket at fifty and had a will and set up a trust for his youngsters. But like so many everyday dads or mums, he didn't take the subsequent key step - paying for the trust or re-titling his assets into it. And then a person came out of the blue and filed a legal claim pronouncing he was Bono's child. Then there had been guitar legend Jimi Hendrix, who died in 1970 at age twenty-seven without a will. His dad got all of a modest estate, which he turned into an $80 million business venture. Many families also must cope with the diminished cost of property in the present slump.

Perhaps that's why it's much less agonizing to chat about Michael Jackson. If you do, use it as a real incentive to have a quick look at what type of mess you may be leaving behind. Susan Tompor works at the Detroit Free Press. Please keep them civil, short and to the point. If you want to read a thread from starting to end, select "Oldest first " from the drop down menu. This modest North End home has a knock-out view. The Hotel Olympus flats offer all of the comforts of home in the guts of downtown. Have the news Tribune brought to your house daily and save up to 30 percent off the newsstand cost.