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Family Offices Help Quarterback a Variety of Wealth Management Functions by Heath Standorf, CPA


Posted on February 26, 2024 by Heath Standorf

Beginning in the 19th century, some of the U.S.’s wealthiest industrialists quietly abandoned Wall Street banks to hire their own teams of experts to discreetly manage, preserve and grow their business operations and family wealth for future generations. Today, these family offices have moved beyond the shadows of the Rockefellers, Morgans and Vanderbilts and expanded […]

Florida Law Makes Spousal Lifetime Access Trusts More Attractive Estate Planning Option by Rachel Kenney Rego, CPA


Posted on October 25, 2023 by Rachel Kenney Rego

In 2022, lawmakers amended Florida Statute Section 736.0505(3), giving new life to Spousal Limited Access Trusts (SLATs) and the unique estate planning benefits they provide to families within the state. SLATs enable one spouse to create and fund irrevocable trusts during their lifetime for the benefit of a surviving spouse and future generations. The grantor […]

Where There is a Will…There May be Another Superseding Will by Jeff Mutnik, CPA/PFS


Posted on July 13, 2023 by

The ongoing saga over Aretha Franklin’s estate finally reached a crescendo on July 11, 2023, when a Michigan jury ruled that a document from 2014 found in a notebook under the performer’s couch cushion was her valid will. Since Franklin’s death in 2018, her children have battled in court regarding the validity of that document […]

Podcast – BPB Knows Trusts


Posted on June 01, 2023 by

In this episode, Director of Tax Services Jeff Mutnik answers the questions what is a trust and who needs one?

Podcast – BPB Knows Estate Planning


Posted on May 19, 2022 by

In this episode Director of Tax Services Jeff Mutnik explains when someone needs an estate plan and the potential tax and legacy value in creating a plan, including avoiding probate and trusts you can control before and after death.