Estate-Planning Overview
An introduction to estate planning, with a focus on identifying your goals and objectives.
Important: This website is not updated regularly, and some information or forms may be out of date.
Rushforth Firm Ltd.
Plain-language educational resources about estate planning, trust and estate administration, and business planning, with a focus on Nevada law.
This site, rushforthfirm.info, is the Trust-and-Estate Library of Rushforth Firm Ltd. It provides general educational information about estate planning, estate and trust administration, and business planning. Its purpose is to inform readers and encourage them to seek competent legal advice for their own circumstances.
For current information about Rushforth Firm Ltd., visit rushforthfirm.com.
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An introduction to estate planning, with a focus on identifying your goals and objectives.
Planning for people, including the selection of beneficiaries and fiduciaries.
Federal gift, estate, and generation-skipping transfer taxes, including strategies for minimizing them.
General information about protecting assets from creditors and claimants.
Using entities such as limited-liability companies and family limited partnerships in estate planning.
Probate, trust administration, and the administration of estates after death.
Practical planning tips and warnings about common traps and potential problems.
Forms, questionnaires, and checklists that may help with estate planning and trust administration.
Unless another author is named, the materials on this site were drafted by Nevada trust-and-estate attorney Layne T. Rushforth, an attorney since 1978 and an ACTEC Fellow since 1990.
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