“However, I consider my life worth nothing to me; my only aim is to finish the race and complete the task the Lord Jesus has given me…….” Acts 20:24 At the age of 52 Matt Spahn, the attorney with the heart of a teacher, has decided he will participate in the Texas Senior Games. Matt […]
1/23/12 San Antonio, Texas: The Spahn Law Firm of San Antonio is honored to recognize the sacrifices of native Texan Army veteran SSgt. Shilo Harris and his family. Harris was a combat Army Cavalry veteran on his second deployment, attached to the 10th Mountain Division, I-89th Cavalry in Iraq in 2007. Severely wounded when the […]
It’s that time of year again: time to put up the Christmas tree. We recently did that at the office. We went out and picked up a pre-lit artificial tree. As I stared at the box and contemplated assembling it (while everyone else at the office did the “real” work), I had mixed feelings. The […]
To preserve your estate tax lifetime exclusion, your good attorney put in your will (or your living revocable trust) a bypass trust. Might have called it credit shelter trust, might have called it the family trust, regardless, if drafted right, it followed the internal revenue code and could receive your lifetime exclusion upon your death. […]
Doesn’t the title to this blog just flow from your lips? So, when a spouse wants to make a gift to their spouse while they are both alive, there’s really been no limits because the transfer tax laws say there’s none. Same thing when the first spouse dies and gives the estate to the surviving […]
It was a cold, wet day when Yvonne and I presented at the Ecumenical Center, a great place smack in the middle of the South Texas Medical Center that opens its doors to many groups: patients, caretakers, family members and organizations. The local ALS Association had invited us to present basic estate planning to its […]
