In this Elder Law Minute, Wes Coulson discusses when gifts are subject to gift tax. Transcript: Hi! I’m Wes Coulson from Coulson Elder Law, proudly serving clients throughout the St. Louis metropolitan area and beyond. I’d like to welcome you to our Elder Law and Estate Planning Minute. We do these to help educate people, […]

In this Elder Law Minute, Wes Coulson discusses how trusts and income taxes operate together. Transcript: Back many many many years ago when I was in law school, I and most of the rest of the class sat glazed through the professor’s attempts to explain the tax laws as they relate to trusts. Let me […]

In this Elder Law Minute, Wes Coulson discusses the best way to leave an inheritance for your parents. Transcript: Sometimes when I am talking to people about their estate plans, they throw out the idea of leaving something for one or more of their parents, and in a sense in a lot of cases that […]

In this Elder Law Minute, Wes Coulson discusses the importance of naming successor power of attorney agents. Transcript: In another video, I talked about why it’s just not a good idea to name joint agents under a power of attorney. Toward the end of the video I mentioned, however, that it’s a good idea to […]

In this Elder Law Minute, Wes Coulson discusses when deeds are considered a done deal. Transcript: I’m going to delve into real estate law just a bit for this Elder Law Minute because estate planning and elder law deals with real estate, and so we have to use and apply some real estate law in […]