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Entries from August 2008

Andalucia Experiences Success with Its Living Will Service

August 28th, 2008 · No Comments

Only four years after Andalucia, Spain introduced a register of living wills, 13,435 people have taken part in the service.  The “Registro de Voluntades Vitales Anticipadas” allows individuals to specify exactly how they want to be treated (or not treated) by medical professionals should they be hospitalized with certain serious injuries or illnesses.
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Estate of Late Ankeny Regional Airport Operator Probated

August 19th, 2008 · No Comments

Administrators for Ed Boesen claim his assets in Exec I Aviation  have no value and should be transferred. The claim was filed the same day as preliminary inventory of the estate. James Monroe and Philip Thompson, the estate’s co-administrators, asked permission from the court to transfer the assets from two other companies to the First […]

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Debate Rages Over Future of 97-year-old Woman

August 13th, 2008 · No Comments

The state Supreme Court of New York should decide the fate of 97-year-old Dorothy Livadas sometime this month.  Livadas was taken to the hospital in November suffering from dehydration and urinary tract infection.  However, now that she is on life support with no signs of brain activity, battles rage between the hospital and her […]

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Estate Taxes

August 5th, 2008 · No Comments

If Congress does not act, the federal tax exclusion will fall to $1 million in 2011. However, most lawyers believe that Congress will compromise the amount will of exclusion will be raised above $3.5 million. It is currently at $2 million this year and will rise to $3.5 million next year.
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