by Ethan Okura | Mar 7, 2013 | Articles, Asset Protection
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 | Feb 8, 2013 | Articles, Estate Taxes and Gift Taxes
2013 ESTATE PLANNING UPDATE By Ethan R. Okura Here is a 2013 update on important numbers used in Estate Planning and Medicaid Planning in Hawaii. How much money and property can a person have at death without paying estate taxes? As I mentioned in last...
by Ethan Okura | Dec 17, 2012 | Articles, Asset Protection
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...
by Sanford Okura | Jun 15, 2012 | Articles, Powers of Attorney and Health Care Directives
THE DURABLE POWER OF ATTORNEY – PART 2 Not all Powers of Attorney are of equal quality. You need a carefully written Power of Attorney which contains special wording for estate planning situations. A Power of Attorney does not give the...
by Sanford Okura | May 3, 2012 | Articles, Powers of Attorney and Health Care Directives
Every adult should have a Durable Power of Attorney. A “Power of Attorney” is a legal document in which one person gives another person the power to act for him, including the power to sign papers for him. The person who is giving the power is...
by Sanford Okura | Apr 20, 2012 | Articles, Trusts and Wills
UNDERSTANDING REVOCABLE LIVING TRUSTS Trusts began in England in the Middle Ages. The Statute of Uses is a law enacted in 1536 under King Henry VIII. The Statute of Uses is the basis of trust law in England. From England, the concept of trusts came to America...
