On June 21, 2019, in a unanimous decision, the U.S. Supreme Court held as unconstitutional a North Carolina statute that had been interpreted by North Carolina to mean that a
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IRS announces the 2019 inflation-adjusted figures for gift and estate tax exemption amounts.

The federal gift, estate, and GST exemption amount ( the exemption amount) is the total amount
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On May 4, 2017, Maryland’s Governor signed into law H.B. No. 1104, effective July 1, 2017, reducing the evidentiary documentation required from domestic partners to evidence the qualification of
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