Law Office of Donald D. Vanarelli Blog

A bipartisan bill that would freeze the estate tax at the level that will prevail in 2009 under the current law has been introduced in the Senate.
The legislation, S.3284, was introduced July 17, 2008, by Sens. Tom Carper (D-DE), Patrick Leahy (D-VT) and George Voinovich (R-OH). The bill would create a lifetime estate tax [...]

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On March 12, 2008, Washington State Governor Christine Gregoire signed into law House Bill 3104, extending 170 legal rights and responsibilities to couples in same-sex relationships. Among the new responsibilities is that the state will treat surviving members of same-sex couples (”domestic partners” in the law) the same as surviving spouses of married couples for [...]

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