In this presentation David F. Johnson covers trust issues that arise in divorce disputes, such as spouses creating an irrevocable trust, fraud claims to void a trust, conflict of interest issues raised by the same attorney drafting both spouse’s estate/trust documents, characterization of trust assets and distributions as separate or community, settlor standing to complain about trust administration issues, trust construction issues, adoption-in and adoption-out issues, spouse/settlor liability for controlling a trust, capacity issues raised by spouses being involved as trustees and director/officer of a closely held business, spouses’ co-trustee management issues, and the new Texas trust code provisions dealing with the effect of dissolution of marriage on certain transfers in trusts.
Financial Services Industry Group Webinar Series: Trust Issues In Divorce Proceedings
