All articles by Maud Udry-Alhanko

Covid-19 crisis – Succession planning and planning for incapacity

Covid-19 crisis - Succession planning and planning for incapacity The second wave of Covid-19 in this fall 2020 has shown that the virus is not yet under control and that it may still take us a long time to go back to a new normality. The pandemic has given us time to reflect, prioritize and take up projects that were on stand-by because of our busy lives. Many clients have had time to dedicate to solving family matters and have approached us to set up or review their estate planning and to establish mechanisms to protect them and their...

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covid-19, covid, corona, corona virus

Validity of Premarital Agreements in USA

Validity of Premarital and Marital Agreements in the USA All fifty states in the United States recognize the validity of premarital agreements and over half of the states have adopted the Uniform Premarital Agreement Act ("UPAA") adopted in 1983 by the National Conference of Commissioners on Uniform State Laws ("NCCUSL"). The UPAA has been adopted by 30 states.[Arizona, Arkansas, California, Connecticut, Delaware, District of Columbia, Florida, Hawaii, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Maine, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska,...

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Premarital Agreement