The Duty of Loyalty and Arkansas' New Uniform Limited Liability Company Act
In a recent Mitchell Williams Blog we highlighted Arkansas’ enactment of the Uniform Limited Liability Company Act (the “ULLCA”), and pointed out some of the differences between the ULLCA and Arkansas’ existing Small Business Entity Tax Pass Through Act (the “Old Act”). One of those differences is…
Arkansas Repeals its LLC Laws and Adopts the Uniform Limited Liability Company Act
Arkansas recently became the 20th state to enact the Uniform Limited Liability Company Act (the “ULLCA”) as the governing law for the formation and operation of limited liability companies in the state. On April 30, 2021, Governor Hutchinson signed SB601 into law, now known as Act 1041 of 2021…
First Look: Select Tax Provisions in the Proposed American Families Plan
On April 28, President Biden announced the American Families Plan. The American Families Plan is touted as an investment in America’s children and families – helping families cover basic expenses that so many struggle with now, lowering health insurance premiums and continuing reductions in child…
Portability, Rev. Proc 2017-34 and Potential Estate Tax Legislation
Recently widowed individuals whose deceased spouse’s estate did not make a portability election by the due date for filing an estate tax return -- because the estate either was not aware a portability election was available or required, or determined that a portability election was not necessary…
Yours, Mine and Ours: Estate Planning for a Blended Family
February 8, 2021
by Casey Dorman Lawson
When William Shakespeare wrote “What’s mine is yours, and what is yours is mine,” he likely was not thinking about a blended family. Blending families offer a myriad of challenges, one of which is how the spouses’ assets will be distributed at death. If you are a spouse in a blended family, the…