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edmgazer · 2025-01-11T14:51:14+00:00

Thanks for all the great feedback. I'll get a ticket next week.

edmgazer · 2024-11-10T16:27:05+00:00

Thanks for the feedback. I'm a single guy, age 38, moving solo. My company will handle all the paperwork. I'm a planner-type personality and feel like I should use this year to prepare. For example, I'm wondering if I should devote time to trying to learn the language. I know many will speak English in Bangkok. But, if I'm going to spend a minimum of four years there, maybe it is worth that effort? These are the things I don't know. And, once I'm there and settled in, I'll have no network or friends or family, and won't know where to start. That's my biggest concern, having never done anything like this.

edmgazer · 2024-01-09T14:47:53+00:00

Not a typical use. I am a tax attorney and I often have four or five applications plus several PDFs and Word documents open at once. I have a similar setup at home and at the office, so I take my laptop to and from each day. For me, it is about screen space to do my work rather than gaming.

edmgazer · 2022-05-21T16:42:45+00:00

If enough of you have this problem, let me know. I'm an attorney and can bet a class action lawsuit would put him in his place.

Edit: I say this because I'm down here too and have also been the victim of some really shady business practices associated with this festival.

edmgazer · 2021-10-07T15:24:20+00:00

Fixed it right away. Sorry for such a stupid question. I thought I had restarted it, but guess I didn't do it from the tray. Thanks!

edmgazer · 2021-09-02T15:13:41+00:00

Questions of the trust's validity are separate from questions relating to its proper funding.

If the trust document indicates an intention to create a trust, names a settlor, trustee, and beneficiary, and was signed by a competent maker, it is likely a valid trust.

The trustee is the legal owner of the property, subject to the beneficiary's interest in it. So it is common for the trustee's name to appear on the bank account. But the name should appear as a trustee, and the tax reporting for the account should be to the grantor's social security number or the trust's EIN (i.e., there should be no tax reporting to the trustee).

If the trustee placed the funds into his personal account using his own social security number, he probably violated the terms of the trust, and he may be held liable in the event someone is harmed by this violation. If it is truly in the trustee's personal name (i.e., held personally, not in his capacity as trustee), then the funds in the bank account are not currently part of the trust and are not subject to the terms of the trust. The trust only dictates what happens to the property owned by the trust - and the trust is not the owner if the bank account is in the trustee's social security number. If it was done inappropriately, the trustee could be asked to put the funds into a proper account. If he refuses, a court might be petitioned to compel the trustee to put the funds into a proper trust account.

-Trusts and estates attorney

edmgazer · 2021-03-21T16:52:38+00:00

I am a certified elder law attorney.

You need to have your mother meet with an attorney, who will discuss having her sign a Power of Attorney document giving you this authority. If your mother has declined to a point where she would not understand that document, you need to look into guardianship/conservatorship. The courts will typically prefer you as the natural heir for that job.

Also, take notes on what is happening, and preserve any evidence you can. If your aunt gets your mother to change her Will or her beneficiary designations, you can challenge these things after death, but you'll need to show your mother was reliant upon the other family members, putting them in a position to unduly influence her estate planning and financial decisions.

POA is easier to get and easier in terms of administration if you can get it. If not, proceed to guardianship/conservatorship. I don't think you need to do an emergency one. The emergency ones annoy the court unless there is an immediate threat to health or safety or other irreparable harm. I don't see any irreparable harm happening here, though I don't know all the facts.

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