by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Jan 26, 2018 | Archived, Asset Protection, Estate Planning, Property Tax, Tax Planning
One of the hidden costs of cheap estate planning is the unexpected and very unpleasant surprise of property tax reassessment. We’ll focus on this topic at our Family Protection Clinic (aka estate planning seminar) lunch meeting on Tuesday, March 27, 2018. (Our...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Jan 25, 2018 | Archived, Estate Planning, Family Protection, Firearm Legacy, Firearm Training
Legacy is ninety percent training. What could be more important, under the American concept of ordered liberty, than a family with a legacy of firearm training? We’ll focus on this topic at our Family Protection Clinic (aka estate planning seminar) lunch meeting on...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Jan 25, 2018 | Archived, Asset Protection, Estate Planning, Estate Tax, Family Protection, Firearm Legacy, Income Tax, Tax Planning
When it comes to taxes and gun control, it’s hard to keep up with Sacramento and DC. One way is to have your estate planning attorney on speed dial. A smarter way is to have that attorney draft with flexibility in mind, so you can have peace of mind. We’ll focus...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Jan 24, 2018 | Archived, Estate Planning, Health Planning, Incapacity Planning
When you are down for the count, who will be calling the shots for you? You can control what happens, if you know about advance health care directives. We’ll focus on this topic at our Family Protection Clinic (aka estate planning seminar) lunch meeting on...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Jan 16, 2018 | Archived, Estate Planning, Family Maintenance, Family Protection, Firearm Legacy, Punishment, Religious Faith
The second item in our Bill of Rights is actually a very Catholic Second Amendment. This may surprise, since although the Catholic Church has a reputation for defending a number of aspects of Family Power, our bishops are not exactly known as big gun rights...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Jan 16, 2018 | Archived, Estate Planning, Incapacity Planning
Cheap trust mill planning rarely plans adequately for incapacity, which is the inability to make your own decisions or manage your affairs. While medical advances are keeping people alive longer, that also means that more of us are living a long time in an...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Jan 14, 2018 | Archived, Asset Protection, Blended Families, Bloodline Protection, Estate Planning, Family Protection
Often when I meet with blended families, they already sense the need for special planning due to their situation but are not aware of the many alternatives. Traditional families often overlook the very significant possibility, even probability in many cases,...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Jan 14, 2018 | Archived, Career Maintenance, Career Preparation, Charity, Estate Planning, Family Maintenance, Family Protection, Financial Mentorship, Firearm Legacy, Pet Protection, Punishment, Religious Faith
The term “family protection” is used in many different contexts. For example, in insurance planning it often refers to the concept of “income replacement” for a family bereft of its primary breadwinner. What should “family...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Jan 14, 2018 | Archived, Asset Protection, Creditors & Predators, Estate Planning, Spendthrift Children
You’ve heard a lot about asset protection in recent years — why so much talk about asset protection? We’ll focus on this topic at our Family Protection Clinic (aka estate planning seminar) lunch meeting on Tuesday, January 30, 2018. (Our weekly seminar...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Jan 13, 2018 | Archived, Asset Protection, Creditors & Predators, Estate Planning, Income Tax, Retirement Planning, Spendthrift Children, Tax Planning
For many families, a large portion of the estate rests in a retirement plan which, on its own and without further planning, is essentially a separate estate plan with assets left completely unprotected. How do you protect and preserve the inheritance of retirement...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Jan 12, 2018 | Archived, Estate Planning
One of the most important (if not THE most important) considerations in estate planning is: how to select trustees. Compounding this concern is the new need for trust protectors (no, they are not the same) — how do you select them? can, or should, you select...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Dec 29, 2017 | Archived, Firearm Training
Apparently a recent policy change has some alarmed: A miscommunication on an Orange County Sheriff’s Department web page sparked a small panic in one of the county’s fastest-growing clubs — people who hold concealed weapons permits. The web page, entitled “CCW...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Dec 28, 2017 | Archived, Firearm Training
Share this post with your friends! Front Sight advertises this course at $1000 and we cover that tuition in full, plus we pay for your background check and gun/gear rental! [If you are interested and satisfy the below conditions, go to www.guntrust.org and complete...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Dec 10, 2017 | Archived, Firearm Training
Now approved by the Orange County Sheriff’s Department to provide training for the California license to Carry a Concealed Weapon (CCW), we have set January 20 as the date for our inaugural class and, as with all of the firearm training we offer, this class is...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Dec 6, 2017 | Archived, News & Commentary
Good job for once, Congress. Now, don’t screw it up! The House approved the bill, 231-198, largely along party lines. The measure would allow gun owners with a state-issued concealed-carry permit to carry a handgun in any state that allows concealed weapons. It...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Dec 4, 2017 | Archived, News & Commentary
From NRA-ILA: The U.S. House Judiciary Committee has passed H.R. 38, the Concealed Carry Reciprocity Act of 2017, and it is now headed to the U.S. House floor for a vote. Please contact your U.S. Representative and ask him/her to vote for H.R. 38! Your...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Sep 3, 2017 | Archived, News & Commentary
Though the note said the man had a gun, no weapon was seen during the robbery.No shots were fired and no one was injured. Source: FBI searching for man in Aliso Viejo, Costa Mesa bank robberies – Orange County Register
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Aug 31, 2017 | Archived, Firearm Legacy, Firearm Training
UPDATE: I initially had concerns about Barnes (as you can see below) and initially supported Harrington because Harrington seemed more of a purist on 2A, but as I mentioned in several calguns.net posts back in the primary, I changed my mind. This was due in large part...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Aug 27, 2017 | Archived, News & Commentary
At least three South Orange County cities – Lake Forest, Aliso Viejo and Rancho Santa Margarita – have seen sheriff’s costs increase by nearly 25 percent over the past few years. And in Laguna Woods, city officials fear that the whopping 78 percent jump in public...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Aug 27, 2017 | Archived, News & Commentary
The project, which Lear has been championing for more than seven years, is described as a humorous and inspiring look at the shared joys and challenges we all experience at any stage of life. NBC notes the potential series is inspired by Lear, 95, and his...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Jul 28, 2017 | Archived, News & Commentary
McCain was a bigger surprise. He has long called for repeal, but grew frustrated over the secretive process that GOP leaders employed to draft various repeal measures. When he returned this week, he made an impassioned speech on the Senate floor for...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Jul 22, 2017 | Archived, Asset Protection, Estate Planning, Tax Planning
Despite facing a $400 million budget hole, Delaware is the latest state to repeal its estate tax—as of Jan. 1, 2018. Democratic Governor John Carney Jr. signed a stand-alone estate tax repeal bill today, just two days after signing the 2018 state budget, which...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Jul 4, 2017 | Archived, Orange County Events
Like music? Well, one of the best things about summer in Orange County is all the great concerts you can enjoy, without paying a dime. Bring your beach chair, picnic and blanket, and prepare to tap your feet, or whatever other part of your body starts to move.Here are...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Jul 3, 2017 | Archived, News & Commentary
While the scene has long been a favorite of many Disney fans, it has occasionally been the brunt of criticism for what some believed to be a “sexist” approach to women. Years ago, the scene that comes after the auction scene, which used to have pirates chasing...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Jul 3, 2017 | Archived, News & Commentary
VATICAN CITY (Reuters) – In a major shake up of the Vatican’s administration on Saturday, Pope Francis replaced Catholicism’s top theologian, a conservative German cardinal who has been at odds with the pontiff’s vision of a more...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Jul 1, 2017 | Archived, News & Commentary
Hopefully the muskrat will be so busy with his tunnels he keeps his dirty paws off our freedom to drive. Dangerously nuts libtard! Elon Musk recently announced that his tunnel-digging operation, The Boring Company, is done carving out its first segment. He bundled the...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Jul 1, 2017 | Archived, News & Commentary
NRA tries to find the pony in Peruta, which was a lemon from the start. Fact is, there are very good arguments against making concealed carry a fundamental right in lieu of open carry, which is exactly what Peruta would have us do in California. There are better cases...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Jul 1, 2017 | Archived, News & Commentary
Exactly two weeks after the Czech Republic announced that they would challenge restrictive changes to the European Union’s European Firearms Directive in the European Court of Justice, the small nation has once again acted to defend themselves against...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Jul 1, 2017 | Archived, News & Commentary
Mr. Mattis has been under pressure from conservative activists and Republicans in Congress to deny recruitment to transgender people They also want him to roll back President Barack Obama’s decision last year to let transgender troops remain on active duty...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Jun 20, 2017 | Archived, News & Commentary
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Jun 14, 2017 | Archived, Family Protection
More and more coyotes are being spotted within urban areas of Southern California. Here’s a look at coyote attacks reported from August 2012 to 2016.Between August 2012 and August 2016 there have been 50 coyote attacks in Southern California in which a person...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Jun 14, 2017 | Archived, News & Commentary
SACRAMENTO (CBS13) — New California gun legislation would ban anyone convicted of hate crimes from purchasing a gun.Current law bans criminals convicted of felonies from owning guns.The Disarm Hate Act would apply to misdemeanor hate crimes. Source: California...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | May 15, 2017 | Archived, Estate Planning, Estate Tax, Gift Tax, Income Tax, Tax Planning
The tenuousness of the President’s plan raises a whole host of additional questions. These include: (1) whether the President’s plan would be coupled with a step-up in basis at death versus carryover basis (carryover basis would effectively increase total taxes...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | May 15, 2017 | Archived, Estate Planning, Estate Tax, Gift Tax, Income Tax, Tax Planning
The election of Donald J. Trump to the presidency and Republican control of both houses of Congress make estate tax reform extremely probable in the next two years. However, given the new administration’s other proclaimed priorities, including the repeal of...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | May 15, 2017 | Archived, Income Tax, Tax Planning
The way things ought to be! Under the Trump plan, the top income tax rate of 35 percent would be reduced to 15 percent for pass-throughs. The pass-through rate under the W&M plan would be 20 percent (instead of a top rate of 35 percent). Source:...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | May 4, 2017 | Archived, News & Commentary
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | May 1, 2017 | Archived, Asset Protection, Estate Planning
What a coincidence — I am an estate planning attorney in Laguna Hills, with expertise in high net worth planning! (But why would a Nellie Gail resident need an extra $61 million?) The unidentified lone jackpot winner can claim their prize starting Monday,...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Apr 24, 2017 | Archived, News & Commentary
Fairfax, Va.— The National Rifle Association Institute for Legislative Action (NRA-ILA) today announced it is supporting, along with the California Rifle and Pistol Association (CRPA), an important Second Amendment lawsuit challenging California’s newly expanded...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Apr 24, 2017 | Archived, News & Commentary
Today, April 24, attorneys supported by CRPA and NRA filed the first of many critical lawsuits; the first step in restoring the full freedoms of the Second Amendment in California. This lawsuit challenges California’s newly expanded “Assault Weapon Control Act”...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Apr 24, 2017 | Archived, News & Commentary
AGAIN — concealed carry ban fails to ban concealed carry at school: ORANGE A 10-hour standoff between police and an El Modena High School employee threatening to kill himself with a handgun ended peacefully Source: Barricaded school employee with handgun at El...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Apr 22, 2017 | Archived, Asset Protection, Retirement Planning
More advisors willing to speak up — that’s great! But since they have avoided the arena so long, they lack even the knowledge base of the typical low-information voter and most of them are on the wrong side. How could anyone have thought it was a good idea...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Apr 22, 2017 | Archived, Asset Protection, Retirement Planning
Naturally, passive products look good as markets move higher. They’re designed to replicate an index and, therefore, have a symmetrical return profile. Unfortunately, the same symmetry that investors like so much on the way up is what causes the most financial...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Apr 21, 2017 | Archived, Estate Planning, Tax Planning, Venture Protection
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Apr 20, 2017 | Archived, Estate Planning, Health Planning
The US study found those who drank a can of artificially-sweetened pop — such as Diet Coke or Pepsi Max — daily were at three times the risk of suffering the most common form of stroke compared to non-drinkers. They were also 2.9 times more likely to develop...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Apr 8, 2017 | Archived, News & Commentary
Abortion is inherently racist. Many of you already know that Margaret Sanger, founder of Planned Parenthood and creator of the Negro Project (a program designed to sterilize unknowing black women), hoped to rid the earth of those she deemed “undesirables.” It’s...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Apr 7, 2017 | Archived, News & Commentary
We’ve covered – and debunked – the claims that firearms sales are significantly declining under the Trump Administration. The latest FBI report on NICS checks for March 2017 should help put any lingering claims about the “Trump Slump” to bed. Source: NRA-ILA |...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Apr 7, 2017 | Archived, Firearm Legacy, News & Commentary
The Senate confirmed Judge Neil Gorsuch to the Supreme Court Friday morning, thrilling conservatives and angering liberals who expect him to be in the mold of the late Justice Antonin Scalia, whose seat he will take.The 54-45 vote was also a victory for...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Apr 4, 2017 | Archived, News & Commentary
I tried to tweet this story directly (instead of reblogging) but twitter blocked the tweet for some reason. I could still tweet other stories, but not this one critical of Islam, so it was not due to any spamming by me. Kimberly Morin reports The Huffington Post...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Apr 2, 2017 | Archived, Asset Protection, News & Commentary
If you need help, my wife and I are both licensed brokers and we know many agents in Orange County. We can help you find the right one for the area or type of housing you desire. Economists had predicted the inventory crunch would ease this year, as several...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Mar 31, 2017 | Archived, Retirement Planning
To understand why, it is important first to understand this term: “Tax expenditure.”This is Washington budget-speak for tax revenue foregone due to special tax treatment. The phrase refers to billions of dollars in tax code exemptions, deductions or credits....