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Trust Protectors
Stewart E. Sterk (Professor, Cardozo Law School) has recently released his article entitled Trust Protectors, Agency Costs, and Fiduciary Duty, 27 Cardozo L. Rev. 2761 (2006). Here is his…
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“Income” in the Trust and Estate Context
In the Monday, August 28, 2006 issue of the I.R.S. newsletter e-News For Tax Professionals, the Service reminds estate practitioners about the 2004 regulations regarding the definition of “income” for…
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Creditors’ Rights and the Uniform Trust Code
Robert T. Danforth (Associate Professor of Law and Alumni Faculty Fellow, Washington and Lee University School of Law) has recently published his article entitled Article Five of the UTC and…
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The RAP-Tax Interface
Robert H. Sitkoff (Professor of Law, New York University) and Max M. Schanzenbach (Assistant Professor of Law, Northwestern University) have recently published their article entitled Perpetuities or Taxes? Explaining the…
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The Trust-Partnership Interface
David R. Nave (Pitcairn Financial Group; Montgomery County Community College - Central Campus) has published the abstract of his article The Good, the Bad & the Ugly of Trusts Investing…
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NCCUSL Recognizes Ohio as UTC State
As reported earlier on this blog, there has been debate as to whether the National Conference of Commissioners on Uniform States Laws recognizes Ohio's new Ohio Trust Code as an…
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Florida Enacts Uniform Trust Code
On June 14, 2006, the Governor of Florida approved the Florida Trust Code which is based on the Uniform Trust Code. 2006 Fla. Sess. Laws Serv. 2006-217.The new statute will…
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Major law firm enmeshed in trust debacle.
In Greenberg Traurig Drawn Into Estate Case, N.Y. L.J., Aug. 8, 2006, Anthony Lin discusses the latest in the Sankel v. Spector case, involving the trust established by the late…
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Situs Issues In Estate Planning Decisions
The Cannon Financial Institute is sponsoring a teleconference on August 15, 2006 entitled Situs Issues In Estate Planning Decisions.Here is a description of the program:The situs of estate planning documents…
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Trusting Your Trustee –A Cautionary Tale
Today's New York Daily News reports the ultimate trust beneficiary's nightmare which has befallen none other than 104 year old socialite Brook Astor. Although she is the beneficiary of a 45…