Douglas A. Turner, P.C.

Douglas A. Turner, PC
Attorney-at-Law
Education

University of Texas School of Law, Austin, Texas
Graduated with honors, 1992
The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio
Bachelor of Science in Business Administration
Accounting Major through Honors Accounting Program
Member of National Accounting Fraternity, Beta Alpha Psi
Graduated, Cum Laude, 1983
Certified Public Accountant, Ohio, Nonpracticing
Certified August 8, 1986
Passed CPA Exam in its entirety on the first sitting
Bar […]

Anna Nicole Smith’s will also contains something called a no contest clause. In article VI, Anna Nicole Smith disinherits any heir that disputes the terms of the will in any way, shape or form. It is a very broad clause. It is another “standard” clause found in many wills. It is a clause we do not include without giving it serious thought. The reason why can be seen in the Anna Nicole Smith saga.

For those of you who have been on a desert island for the last few weeks, the lovely Anna Nicole Smith has passed before her time in a Florida hotel room, as a resident of the Bahamas with a will drafted in California and a lawyer as her boyfriend and confidant. The will executed in 2001 specifically provides for her son who committed suicide. The will makes no mention of her daughter who was born after the will was executed. The multimillion-dollar question is whether Anna Nicole Smith intentionally did not provide for that daughter. No law school professor could have conjured up a better essay question for a final exam in estate planning 101.

More and more individuals are avoiding probate by using revocable trusts, payable on death designations and joint tenancy. The end result is that when a person dies, their money quickly disappears leaving the creditors of the deceased with nothing but an account due and owing. However, there are ways to recover from those who received […]

Estate Planning and Probate

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Colorado Probate and Colorado Estate Administration
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Douglas A. Turner, Esq.
Attorney at Law
Doug Turner is is a Colorado attorney and with over 15 years of experience in estate planning, probate, asset protection, family wealth preservation, Colorado real estate, company formation, and business law.
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Conrad J. Miller, III, Esq., LLC
Attorney-at-Law
Chip Miller has been practicing law since 1986. He is […]

Avoiding ancillary probate is easy. By putting real estate into something called a nominee trust or living trust, ancillary probate proceedings and the associated expense can be avoided. As an alternative to a living trust, a limited liability company can be created, the real estate transferred to the company and then ownership in the company can be transferred to the heirs through the primary probate proceeding…

With the current federal estate tax exemption at two million dollars, fewer individuals are faced with federal estate taxes. However, for those with more than two million dollars in assets and life insurance, there are some simple and inexpensive techniques to greatly reduce if not eliminate any potential federal estate taxes.

Well, times have changed since I first wrote about the disposition of dead bodies. It used to be that an individual could not control what happened to his or her body after death. Well, that has changed.
Colorado’s Disposition of Last Remains Act
Several years ago, Colorado enacted the Disposition of Last Remains Act. In Colorado, […]

Many tax planning wills and trusts have a little secret hidden deep down inside – the up front expense of long-term estate tax planning. There is a cost to a will or revocable trust that creates irrevocable, tax planning trusts at death. A person should always review that plan and ask himself or […]