--- title: Mansour Gavin LPA Blog | Estate Planning (3) description: Estate Planning | Mansour Gavin provides a wide range of legal services. While we routinely handle complex legal matters, our firm focuses much of its attention on small and middle-market clients based in Northeast Ohio. 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We all try to remember the old adage that “sometimes you get exactly what you pay for” but when tempted with what looks like a really great deal, we tend to [\[… read more\]](https://blog.mansourgavin.com/the-problem-with-do-it-yourself-online-wills) ## [Important Updates to the SECURE ACT](https://blog.mansourgavin.com/important-updates-to-the-secure-act) [Estate Planning](https://blog.mansourgavin.com/tag/estate-planning) March 24, 2020 | 06:34 AM As indicated in our last newsletter, we are updating you on the enactment of the Setting Every Community Up for Retirement Enhancement Act (the “SECURE Act”) which was enacted on December 20, 2019 and became effective on January 1, 2020.Although [\[… read more\]](https://blog.mansourgavin.com/important-updates-to-the-secure-act) ## [How proposed Regulations to Life Expectancy Tables Affects Your RMD](https://blog.mansourgavin.com/how-proposed-regulations-to-life-expectancy-tables-affects-your-rmd) [Estate Planning](https://blog.mansourgavin.com/tag/estate-planning) December 16, 2019 | 01:43 PM The Department of the Treasury and the IRS reviewed the life expectancy tables that are used to calculate required minimum distributions from IRAs and other retirement plans and have issued proposed regulations to update those tables to reflect [\[… read more\]](https://blog.mansourgavin.com/how-proposed-regulations-to-life-expectancy-tables-affects-your-rmd) ## [Estate Planning Basics: Tying the Whole Plan Together](https://blog.mansourgavin.com/estate-planning-basics-tying-the-whole-plan-together) [Estate Planning](https://blog.mansourgavin.com/tag/estate-planning) November 13, 2019 | 12:57 PM *Part 10 of a[series breaking down the process of helping clients set up Trusts](https://blog.mansourgavin.com/tag/estate-planning)by breaking the issues down into smaller, individual topics, enabling the adviser and client to take the necessary steps, and get the plan moving.*  [\[… read more\]](https://blog.mansourgavin.com/estate-planning-basics-tying-the-whole-plan-together) ## [Estate Planning Basics: You Have a Trust; Do You Also Need a Will?](https://blog.mansourgavin.com/estate-planning-basics-you-have-a-trust-do-you-also-need-a-will) [Estate Planning](https://blog.mansourgavin.com/tag/estate-planning) October 30, 2019 | 10:48 AM *Part 9 of a [series breaking down the process of helping clients set up Trusts](https://blog.mansourgavin.com/tag/estate-planning) by breaking the issues down into smaller, individual topics, enabling the adviser and client to take the necessary steps, and get the plan moving.*  [\[… read more\]](https://blog.mansourgavin.com/estate-planning-basics-you-have-a-trust-do-you-also-need-a-will) ## [Estate Planning Basics: You've Set Up Your Trust. Did It Get Funded, Though?](https://blog.mansourgavin.com/youve-set-up-your-trust.-did-it-get-funded-though) [Estate Planning](https://blog.mansourgavin.com/tag/estate-planning) October 16, 2019 | 10:35 AM *Part 8 of a [series breaking down the process of helping clients set up Trusts](https://blog.mansourgavin.com/tag/estate-planning) by breaking the issues down into smaller, individual topics, enabling the adviser and client to take the necessary steps, and get the plan moving.*Many clients go to the [\[… read more\]](https://blog.mansourgavin.com/youve-set-up-your-trust.-did-it-get-funded-though) ## [Estate Planning Basics: Making a Modification/Amendment to Your Trust](https://blog.mansourgavin.com/estate-planning-basics-making-a-modification/amendment-to-your-trust) [Estate Planning](https://blog.mansourgavin.com/tag/estate-planning) October 02, 2019 | 10:22 AM P*art 7 of a[series breaking down the process of helping clients set up Trusts](https://blog.mansourgavin.com/tag/estate-planning)by breaking the issues down into smaller, individual topics, enabling the adviser and client to take the necessary steps, and get the plan moving.* [\[… read more\]](https://blog.mansourgavin.com/estate-planning-basics-making-a-modification/amendment-to-your-trust) ## [personal and charitable gift planning](https://blog.mansourgavin.com/personal-and-charitable-gift-planning) [Estate Planning](https://blog.mansourgavin.com/tag/estate-planning) September 25, 2019 | 02:11 PM As the fourth quarter of the year approaches, it is time to turn our thoughts to gifts, both personal and charitable. We also need to consider whether (and how) to make gifts both during lifetime and after death. [\[… read more\]](https://blog.mansourgavin.com/personal-and-charitable-gift-planning) ## [Estate Planning Basics: Selecting the Right Trustee](https://blog.mansourgavin.com/estate-planning-basics-selecting-the-right-trustee) [Estate Planning](https://blog.mansourgavin.com/tag/estate-planning) September 18, 2019 | 11:12 AM *Part 6 of a [series breaking down the process of helping clients set up Trusts](https://blog.mansourgavin.com/tag/estate-planning) by breaking the issues down into smaller, individual topics, enabling the adviser and client to take the necessary steps, and get the plan moving.* [\[… read more\]](https://blog.mansourgavin.com/estate-planning-basics-selecting-the-right-trustee) ## [Estate Planning Basics: Keeping Your Trust Safe With Spendthrift Provisions](https://blog.mansourgavin.com/estate-planning-basics-keeping-your-trust-safe-with-spendthrift-provisions) [Estate Planning](https://blog.mansourgavin.com/tag/estate-planning) September 04, 2019 | 01:28 PM *Part 5 of a [series breaking down the process of helping clients set up Trusts](https://blog.mansourgavin.com/tag/estate-planning) by narrowing down the issues into smaller, individual topics, enabling the adviser and client to take the necessary steps, and get the plan moving.* [\[… read more\]](https://blog.mansourgavin.com/estate-planning-basics-keeping-your-trust-safe-with-spendthrift-provisions) [Load More](https://blog.mansourgavin.com/tag/estate-planning/page/4) No More Posts ###### Practice Groups --- - [General Civil Litigation](http://mansourgavin.com/practice-area/general-civil-litigation/) - [Corporate and Business Services](http://mansourgavin.com/practice-area/corporate-and-business-services/) - [Real Estate and Land Use](http://mansourgavin.com/practice-area/real-estate-and-land-use/) - [Labor and Employment](http://mansourgavin.com/practice-area/labor-and-employment/) - [Estate Planning and Probate](http://mansourgavin.com/practice-area/estate-planning-and-probate/) - [Environmental](http://mansourgavin.com/practice-area/environmental/) - [Intellectual Property](http://mansourgavin.com/practice-area/intellectual-property/) ###### People --- - [Tyler M. 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