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MSBA: Elder Law and Estate Planning Institute 2025


  • Augusta Civic Center 76 Community Drive Augusta, ME, 04330 United States (map)

Schedule:

Friday, May 29th, 2025 | 7:45 AM - 5PM

Saturday, May 30th, 2025 | 8 AM - 4 PM

Thursday topics include (see brochure for description and time):

  • Advanced Concepts in Estate Planning: Case Studies

  • Introduction to Estate Planning and Non-Probate (also being shown as a webcast)

  • Introduction to Grantor Trusts: A Review of the Tax Rules and Planning Opportunities

  • MaineCare Denial, Now What Do You Do?

  • Planning for Retirement Benefits: IRA Mistakes & How to Fix Them (also being shown as a webcast)

  • Protecting a Legacy: Estate Planning for the Small Business Owner

  • Pubic Benefits 101 (also being shown as a webcast)

  • Real Estate

  • Representing Clients Through the Maine Uniform Guardianship, Conservatorship and Protective Proceedings Act

  • Safeguarding Public Benefits with Special Needs Trusts, ABLE Accounts, and More (also being shown as a webcast)

  • Social Security Benefits: A Closer Look at Benefits for Workers and Their Spouse and Children Under Title II of the Social Security Act

  • Til Death—or the POA—Do Us Part: Protecting Spousal Assets from Adult Children

  • Trust as Beneficiary of IRA

  • Trust Modification

Friday topics include (see brochure for description and time):

  • An Overview of Non-Probate Assets, Beneficiary Designations, and Trust Funding

  • Asset Protection: Techniques Including Trusts (also being shown as a webcast)

  • Basis Step-Up: Using 706/706ME (also being shown as a webcast)

  • Canada-U.S.A. Cross-Border Issues

  • Discussion of Technical Issues and Strategies

  • Ethics in Client Representation-Practice Management (also being shown as a webcast)

  • Family Camps

  • Fiduciary Liability

  • Good Trustee Selection and Succession: A

  • Introduction to Grantor Trusts: A Review of the Tax Rules and Planning Opportunities

  • Introduction to Tax Planning: Basic Bypass, Portability (also being shown as a webcast)

  • MaineCare Basics (also being shown as a webcast)

  • Probate 201

  • Special Needs Trusts Administration

  • Veteran's Benefits

Registration:

To register, go to: https://www.mainebar.org/events/EventDetails.aspx?id=1954614&group=

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