by Ethan Okura | Apr 7, 2014 | Asset Protection, Estate Planning, Estate Taxes and Gift Taxes
“’Tis impossible to be sure of anything but Death and Taxes.” – Christopher Bullock (Cobbler of Preston) Last month I addressed the serious topic of Death and the disposition of your remains. On an only slightly brighter note, this month’s article is focused on...
by Ethan Okura | Jan 5, 2014 | Asset Protection, Estate Planning, Trusts and Wills
Last month I wrote about the pitfalls of giving your home away without protecting yourself. We came to the conclusion that if you think you have 5 years of good health when you can still live at home before you might need nursing home care, it can be a good idea to...
by Ethan Okura | Dec 11, 2013 | Asset Protection, Estate Planning, Trusts and Wills
We all know that the possibility of incurring disastrous Nursing Home costs is the biggest threat to most people’s estates today. Now that we have an exemption of $5.25 million from estate taxes, only the wealthiest 0.14% of Americans will pay this tax. In...
by michelle | Apr 19, 2013 | Asset Protection
ASSET PROTECTION – Part 2 By Ethan R. Okura Last month, we started talking about asset protection. We discussed what it is, why it’s necessary to protect ourselves in our country, and how having multiple layers of defense is the best approach. ...
by Ethan Okura | Mar 7, 2013 | Asset Protection, Estate Planning
ASSET PROTECTION – Part 1 By Ethan R. Okura Today I want to talk about Asset Protection. What is Asset Protection? Asset Protection is creating and implementing a plan to protect your...
by Ethan Okura | Dec 17, 2012 | Asset Protection, Estate Planning
NEW LAW: TENANTS BY THE ENTIRETY PROTECTION AVAILABLE IN TRUST By Ethan R. Okura Hawaii has a new law which allows married couples or reciprocal beneficiaries who hold real property as tenants by the entirety to transfer their real estate to revocable trusts...
