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Hawaii Condominium – Condominium Creation in Hawaii

By UPCOUNTRY LAW Staff / April 6, 2025

In Hawaii, creating a Condominium is a preferred, fast, and simple way to increase your property value, by dividing up the entire property into separate sellable Units, while establishing a set of rules and obligations for all the Unit Owners, on how you want the entire property utilized, managed, and maintained from then on. Condominiums…

CORPORATE TRANSPARENCY ACT BACK IN EFFECT AS OF FEBRUARY 18, 2025

By UPCOUNTRY LAW Staff / February 24, 2025

What’s happening now with the Corporate Transparency Act (CTA)? As of February 18, 2025 Beneficial Owner Information Reports are once again mandatory and a new deadline has been given of March 21, 2025, for most non-exempt Reporting Companies to file their Beneficial Owner Information Reports with FinCEN, in order to avoid potential civil and criminal penalties…

Deeds with Separate Creditor Protections for Estate Planning

By UPCOUNTRY LAW Staff / February 4, 2025

What are Separate Creditor Protections and when are they available to be included? When Tenancy is taken as Tenants by the Entirety, which is a tenancy option available only to married couples, civil union partners, and reciprocal beneficiaries. This tenancy is preferred as it protects Real Property against Separate Creditors, along with the rights of…

Quitclaim Deed vs Warranty Deed

By UPCOUNTRY LAW Staff / February 1, 2025

What’s the Difference between a Quitclaim Deed and a Warranty Deed? A Deed is a document drafted by an Attorney, that transfers real property from a person or entity to another person or entity. A properly drafted Deed will describe the transferring parties, the type of conveyance, the consideration, the ownership interest being conveyed, any…

How do I protect my Assets from creditors?

By UPCOUNTRY LAW Staff / January 29, 2025

ARE YOU INTERESTED IN PROTECTING YOUR ASSETS? Asset Protection is similar to an Estate Plan, but instead of simply avoiding Probate or creating a shield from only separate creditors, Asset Protection protects your Assets from all potential creditors. This process involves an individually tailored plan of protection, implemented around each of your specific Personal or…