The California End of Life Option Act

Author – Kristen Terranova Since 2016 California has allowed terminally ill adult residents to request medication from a physician that will end their life. In 2022 California’s End of Life Option Act was revised, making significant changes that included a reduction in the required waiting period between a patient’s oral requests from 15 days to...

Estate & Gift Tax Update

Author – Peggy Lennon The IRS has announced the 2023 annual inflation adjustments impacting the estate, gift, and generation-skipping transfer taxes (in addition to many other tax provisions). These can be found in Revenue Procedure 2022-38, published on October 18, 2022. Starting January 1, 2023, the estate and gift tax basic exclusion amount and the...

Have you ever considered creating a Donor Advised Fund?

Author – Kelley Bannon Lashley Giving back to the community is more than just a nice thing to do; it’s at the core of who we are at Deka Law Group. As part of our community service program, Deka Gives, we recently established a Donor Advised Fund at the Pasadena Community Foundation. A donor-advised fund...

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