Publications

This issue of Insight on Estate Planning looks at making sure your personal property is distributed according to your wishes, building flexibility into your estate plan, avoiding state income taxes with an incomplete nongrantor trust, naming backup beneficiaries, and using newly-available resources to save for individuals with disabilities.

In this issue, you'll find tips on estate planning choices young families might make, handling intellectual property in an estate plan, avoiding undue influence claims, planning to retire abroad, and maximizing the tax benefits of grantor trusts.

On January 8, 2015, the Washington State Supreme Court resolved a conflict between the state's Court of Appeals regarding deficiency judgments and guarantor liability following a nonjudicial foreclosure of the borrower's real property. Chris Graving explains the significance of this decision.

In this issue, you'll find tips on the estate planning benefits of saving for college, potential reasons to appoint a trust protector, substantiating charitable deductions, planning for incapacity, and ensuring your joint bank accounts are set up the way you want them.

Kelby Fletcher reviews recent appellate developments in Washington state employment law.

Paying piece rate may cost you more than you think. The Washington Supreme Court will rule on whether agricultural employers must separately pay piece rate workers for rest breaks. The answer may result in substantial back pay claims for piece rate workers. Sarah Wixson explains five things agricultural employers should do now.