by webadmin | Aug 20, 2021 | For Native Individuals, Indian Wills, Self-Help, Taxes
By Mike Godbe, CILS Bishop office Staff Attorney It is often said, “nothing can be said to be certain, except death and taxes.” Because taxation in Indian Country is often uncertain (e.g., sales and use tax, property tax, etc.), this leaves death as the only certainty...
by webadmin | May 8, 2020 | For Native Individuals, Indian Wills
By Mark Vezzola, CILS Escondido office Directing Attorney With unemployment on the rise and our economic futures uncertain, making a will may not seem like a priority. But estate planning for Indian trust property is more important now than ever. The truth is that...
by Nicole Scott | Oct 26, 2016 | Indian Wills
American Indian Probate Reform Act governs the passage of Trust or Restricted lands, procured under federal authority and through a Treaty based allocation system. Like Mark Vezzola points out, navigation through the legal system is problematic when “[f]inding a...
