by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Oct 14, 2016 | Estate Planning, Family Protection, Firearm Legacy, Firearm Training
If attacked, do you want to be Victor or Victim? At SacredHonor.US, we hate it when people die embarrassed. And at Protect.FM, we believe good estate plans protect families. We make it easy for your family to attain the comfort of skill at arms. David R. Duringer, JD,...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Oct 14, 2016 | Asset Protection, Estate Planning, Tax Planning
What Practitioners Should Do? There are a number of steps that practitioners should consider taking now, even though all of this is up in the air: Communicate with and inform both current active clients and even inactive clients. It might generate interest and...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Oct 14, 2016 | Defensive Gun Use
“The suspect attempted to rob the victim of the merchandise he was selling and the victim fired shots at the suspect,” Taylor said. The suspect returned fire, took the merchandise and fled on a red sport-style motorcycle, Taylor said.The victim was...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Oct 12, 2016 | Archived, Family Protection, Religious Faith, WikiLeaks
Emails from the account of Hillary Clinton’s current campaign manager John Podesta released by WikiLeaks show that in February of 2012, Podesta and the president of Voices for Progress discussed how to “plant the seeds of revolution” within the Catholic Church,...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Oct 12, 2016 | Estate Planning
The third week in October was designated National Estate Planning Awareness Week beginning in 2008 to help the public understand what estate planning is and why it is such a vital component of financial wellness. Assisted by Rep. Mike Thompson (D-CA) and 49...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Oct 12, 2016 | Defensive Gun Use
I’ve seen some awful bank decor, but some additional training might have helped here. “I was thinking a lot of people’s lives were in danger and my life was in danger too,” Dial said. “He pointed whatever he had at us, so I fired a...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Oct 11, 2016 | Estate Planning, Family Protection, Religious Faith
“Just changing in front of girls my own age is intimidating,” a Greenville high school junior named Chloe explains to the camera. “Now they want boys to shower and change beside me? It’s not just about privacy; it’s safety, too.” Source: Powerful ad shows why young...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Oct 11, 2016 | Archived, Asset Protection, Estate Planning
Clinton’s proposals would produce a top marginal transfer tax rate of over 80%! Big difference there, but both apparently agree on eliminating the basis step-up at death. So unless some rather large exemptions come with the change in tax regime, I hope your...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Oct 11, 2016 | Defensive Gun Use
Another strung out hooker hits snag: MOUNTLAKE TERRACE, Wash. — A homeowner shot and critically wounded a man who was trying to get into his house through a window, police here say.Police say he was armed with a crochet hook. Source: Homeowner shoots...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Oct 9, 2016 | Estate Planning, Family Protection, Religious Faith
Showing sensitivity to a client’s religious concerns should be an integral component of estate planning. Religious goals can be achieved by integrating a client’s religious concerns into the drafting of many common legal documents. Addressing the myriad religious,...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Oct 9, 2016 | Asset Protection, Estate Planning
Artists’ Resale Right (ARR) was introduced in Britain in 2008 by means of a Directive of the European Union. ARR mandates payment of royalties to artists or, if the artist is dead, his heirs or estate, for 70 years after the artists’ death each time their works...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Oct 9, 2016 | Defensive Gun Use
Fact she was a police officer may explain why she missed: The officer said she was home with her 13-year-old daughter and heard a loud boom coming from the bathroom. When she went to investigate the noise, she found a wood log in the middle of her bathroom and...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Oct 8, 2016 | Estate Planning, Family Protection, Firearm Legacy, Firearm Training
Maybe the grabberz don’t want you to be confident, because then you won’t need them? 4. Your Confidence Will Go Through the Roof There’s nothing in the world quite like putting a little lead downrange to center you. The act of shooting is largely...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Oct 8, 2016 | Dying Embarrassed, Estate Planning, Horror Stories
Billionaire Howard Hughes died in 1976 at the age of 70. He was known as an eccentric. However, he died without a will, which is not eccentric but unfortunately all too normal. A will of his was supposedly discovered at the headquarters of the Mormon Church in Salt...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Oct 8, 2016 | Defensive Gun Use
When the homeowner came to the front door, deputies say he saw a man reaching inside to try and get into the home. That is when the homeowner fired off two shots, hitting the alleged intruder.The homeowner’s pregnant wife was inside when the alleged home...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Oct 8, 2016 | Estate Planning, Family Protection, Firearm Legacy
If attacked, do you want to be Victor or Victim? At SacredHonor.US, we hate it when people die embarrassed. And at Protect.FM, we believe good estate plans protect families. We make it easy for your family to attain the comfort of skill at arms. David R. Duringer, JD,...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Oct 8, 2016 | Dying Embarrassed, Estate Planning, Horror Stories
If you are going to be shot to death by an extramarital lover, the least you could do is make a will to provide for your family. Steve McNair didn’t even do that. Don’t be a McNair. One notorious example of this concept comes from the estate of the late...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Oct 8, 2016 | Defensive Gun Use
On 9-30-16 at 1149 hours Swatara Township Police were dispatched to the intersection of Mushroom Hill Road and Grayson Road for report of a shooting. Upon arrival, police located a female who had been involved in the incident; she was inside of Walmart. She...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Oct 8, 2016 | Estate Planning, Family Protection, Firearm Legacy, Firearm Training
With so many hardlegs pulled from the fields, factories, police forces and offices, many women stepped forward to do their part for the war effort. While Germany was still an ocean away, very real threats of sabotage by enemy agents and U-boats stalking towns up and...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Oct 8, 2016 | Dying Embarrassed, Estate Planning, Horror Stories
Pablo Picasso died at the age of 91 in 1973. He left behind a large fortune but because he left no will, it took 6 years to settle his estate at a cost of $30 million to determine finally that his assets would be divided up among six heirs. Don’t be a Picasso....
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Oct 8, 2016 | Defensive Gun Use
“I say, ‘I’m not afraid of clowns,'” the woman said. “I started laughing. It’s almost Halloween, so I didn’t think too much about it.”Then the clown formed a gun shape with his fingers, the woman said, and mouthed...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Oct 5, 2016 | Estate Planning, Family Protection
(CNSNews.com) – Nearly three-quarters of Americans don’t trust that there is a large “scientific consensus” amongst climate scientists on human behavior being the cause of climate change, according to an in-depth survey on “the politics of climate” released Tuesday by...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Oct 5, 2016 | Dying Embarrassed, Estate Planning, Horror Stories, Probate Admin
Sonny Bono’s estate planning was even more embarrassing than his death skiing into a tree. A political as well as pop figure, with some messy personal relationships, he should have had better planning — or at least some planning. But he had no will and of...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Oct 5, 2016 | Archived, Defensive Gun Use
FAIRFAX, Va.— The National Rifle Association today launched a $6.5 million ad buy in support of Donald Trump for President, its largest of the 2016 election cycle. The new ad, titled “Kristi,” tells the real-life story ofhow the right to self-defense saved an innocent...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Oct 5, 2016 | Archived, Estate Planning, Family Protection, Firearm Legacy, Firearm Training, News & Commentary, Religious Faith
While Kaine offers lip service to being “personally opposed” to abortion (à la Mario Cuomo), his words ring hollow to those who understand abortion to be a social evil that destroys the most vulnerable members of society.Being personally opposed to abortion is like...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Oct 5, 2016 | Asset Protection, Dying Embarrassed, Horror Stories, Probate Admin
Bob Marley’s estate continues to generate significant revenue decades after his death in 1981. Marley died intestate even though he knew he had cancer and lingered for nearly 8 months. Dozens fought over his estate, worth a reported $30 million. If attacked, do...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Oct 5, 2016 | Defensive Gun Use
I really doubt the weapon remained holstered. Even if it did, this still qualifies as a defensive gun use as most people would not attempt to tackle a shooter without that protection as a backup at the very least. McAdams said Brock took the shooter down, and...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Oct 5, 2016 | Estate Planning, Family Protection, Firearm Legacy, Firearm Training
Knife-wielding terrorists are advised to target smaller crowds or someone walking home from a night out or working the night shift, “or someone walking alone in a public park or rural forested area, or someone by himself in an alley close to a night club or...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Oct 5, 2016 | Archived, Asset Protection, Estate Planning, Estate Tax, Gift Tax, Income Tax, Tax Planning
Tell a friend, please — you may have seen me and other estate planning attorneys blogging recently on proposed changes to Section 2704 regulations taking effect at the end of this year. While these changes affect the kind of estate tax avoidance planning that we...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Oct 5, 2016 | Defensive Gun Use
At the home, Smith tied up his wife using rope, handcuffs and tape. Smith then used his wife’s phone to text Pearce and tell him to come over. Pearce came to the residence. He tried to call 911, but then Cody Smith shot him four times.The sheriff said...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Oct 3, 2016 | Estate Planning, Family Protection
Arnold Palmer acquired a passion for golf from his father, and passed it on to many others. Great legacy, RIP: If attacked, do you want to be Victor or Victim? At SacredHonor.US, we hate it when people die embarrassed. And at Protect.FM, we believe good estate plans...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Oct 3, 2016 | Asset Protection, Dying Embarrassed, Estate Planning, Horror Stories
Hendrix left no will. He fathered two children out of wedlock but his own father, Al Hendrix, legally denied them any claims on the estate, to which he became sole heir. A gardener by trade without any knowledge of the music business, Al Hendrix hired a lawyer who in...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Oct 3, 2016 | Defensive Gun Use
Defensive (spray) Gun Use of the Day, definitely. Thank God you are “ok” Todd, but please get a firearm if you are going to show up again on my news feed over lunch. If attacked, do you want to be Victor or Victim? At SacredHonor.US, we hate it when people...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Oct 2, 2016 | Archived, Estate Planning, Family Protection, Firearm Legacy, Firearm Training
If attacked, do you want to be Victor or Victim? At SacredHonor.US, we hate it when people die embarrassed. And at Protect.FM, we believe good estate plans protect families. We make it easy for your family to attain the comfort of skill at arms. David R. Duringer, JD,...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Oct 2, 2016 | Dying Embarrassed, Estate Planning, Horror Stories, Probate Admin
Because he left no effective will or estate plan, Swedish author Stieg Larsson’s longtime partner was not entitled to the fortune from his Millennium series of books (and the movies based on them). He lived with Eva Gabrielsson for 30 of his short 50 years on...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Oct 2, 2016 | Defensive Gun Use
Way to Get In The Zone — AutoZone! The gun owner, who is legally licensed to carry a handgun drew his weapon and entered the store as the would-be robbers were demanding cash from the store employees. He demanded the three suspects drop their weapons and...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Sep 30, 2016 | Estate Planning, Family Protection, Firearm Legacy, Firearm Training
The Cartridge Family, at dinner. Little Annie Cartridge wants to get trained, tells her Dad that http://guntrust.org offers free handgun training. If attacked, do you want to be Victor or Victim? At SacredHonor.US, we hate it when people die embarrassed. And at...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Sep 30, 2016 | Dying Embarrassed, Estate Planning, Horror Stories, Probate Admin
Amy Winehouse lived fast and died young — without a will or any other estate planning, of course. Moreover, parents pressured her to divorce her husband yet the romance rekindled and friends say she would have wanted to leave something for her soulmate. Too bad...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Sep 30, 2016 | Defensive Gun Use
Another hard-working American with a great family gets to go home to that family: Jones has only worked at Wal-Mart for a couple of months, according to relatives. His sister said when her family first heard of the incident, they thought it was Jones who had been shot...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Sep 29, 2016 | Estate Planning, Family Protection, Firearm Legacy, Firearm Training
The video is shocking, but then so is his recklessness in donning a MAGA hat to proselytize a BLM crowd. Anyway, worth filing away this story to support your good cause statements when it comes time to renew. If attacked, do you want to be Victor or Victim? At...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Sep 29, 2016 | Dying Embarrassed, Estate Planning, Horror Stories, Probate Admin
The smooth, baritone Barry White never got divorced from his wife even though he was living with someone else. Plus he failed to make a will. All of that added up to years of conflict between his ex-wife, wife and girlfriend. If attacked, do you want to be Victor or...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Sep 29, 2016 | Defensive Gun Use
Lucky he wasn’t shot: Early this morning (12:30) Deputies responded to a burglary in progress on Back Road in Waterboro. The female resident, who was home alone with her two children, five and six years old, related that a man identified as Timothy...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Sep 29, 2016 | Estate Planning, Family Maintenance, Family Protection, Religious Faith
Something viciously circular about this — “decades of divorce” resulted from rapturous Protestant embrace of contraception. People whose parents divorced when they were children are significantly more likely to grow up not to be religious as adults,...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Sep 28, 2016 | Dying Embarrassed, Estate Planning, Family Protection, Horror Stories, Probate Admin
Tony Curtis had six kids from six marriages, left them nothing in his will except a legacy of litigation. If attacked, do you want to be Victor or Victim? At SacredHonor.US, we hate it when people die embarrassed. And at Protect.FM, we believe good estate plans...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Sep 28, 2016 | Defensive Gun Use
The pastor suffered a bruise on his head. His wife and son were not hurt. A weapon was recovered, and police say, it appears to be a nail gun that was made to look like a firearm. Source: Pastor’s wife shoots suspect during robbery in NE Philadelphia |...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Sep 28, 2016 | Defensive Gun Use, Firearm Training
If attacked, do you want to be Victor or Victim? At SacredHonor.US, we hate it when people die embarrassed. And at Protect.FM, we believe good estate plans protect families. We make it easy for your family to attain the comfort of skill at arms. David R. Duringer, JD,...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Sep 28, 2016 | Asset Protection, Dying Embarrassed, Estate Planning, Estate Tax, Horror Stories, Tax Planning
Bad planning led to $40 million estate tax bill forcing heirs to sell stock, Chicago Cubs and Wrigley Field. If attacked, do you want to be Victor or Victim? At SacredHonor.US, we hate it when people die embarrassed. And at Protect.FM, we believe good estate plans...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Sep 28, 2016 | Defensive Gun Use
Detectives, through a preliminary investigation, learned that the suspect approached the home and began shooting at the home’s occupants, according to the release. One of the occupants returned fire, striking the suspect at least once. Source: Suspect shot...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Sep 28, 2016 | Defensive Gun Use, Firearm Training
If attacked, do you want to be Victor or Victim? At SacredHonor.US, we hate it when people die embarrassed. And at Protect.FM, we believe good estate plans protect families. We make it easy for your family to attain the comfort of skill at arms. David R. Duringer, JD,...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Sep 28, 2016 | Charity, Dying Embarrassed, Estate Planning, Horror Stories
Jackie O’s estate plan provided for an elaborate trust that was supposed to have generated funds for a charity and then give her grandchildren an inheritance. But although her estate was initially valued at $200 million, the actual value dropped to about $18 million,...