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Estate-planning news and law tracker

Follow federal tax legislation, IRS and Treasury guidance, state-law changes, court decisions, retirement-account rules, and trust-planning developments. Each update names its publisher and links to the original source.

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Law-change tracker

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    Detect

    Monitor official federal and state sources for legislation, regulations, forms, guidance, and selected court developments.

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    Verify

    Confirm jurisdiction, effective date, affected rule, and a direct primary-source link. Automated signals do not publish themselves.

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    Connect

    Link the development to the relevant trust, tax, probate, beneficiary, state, or planning-strategy pages.

  4. 4

    Maintain

    Update structured reference fields and retain the review date so readers can distinguish current guidance from history.

Start planning

What Is Estate Planning?Last Will and TestamentBeneficiary DesignationsFinancial Power of AttorneyAdvance Health Care Directive and Living Will

Trusts

Revocable Living TrustIrrevocable TrustThird-Party Special Needs Trust

Taxes

Federal Estate TaxFederal Gift Tax and Form 709Generation-Skipping Transfer TaxIncome-Tax Basis at DeathState Estate and Inheritance Taxes

Administration

What Is Probate?Probate TimelineExecutor ResponsibilitiesWhat to Do After a DeathChoose Executors, Trustees, and Agents

Tools

Estate Planning WorkbenchFederal Estate Tax CalculatorGift Tax Reporting IllustratorProbate Cost EstimatorEstate Liquidity CalculatorInherited Asset Basis IllustratorEstate plan checklistMap your estate