Topic
Trust
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Dallas Divorce Law Blog
What Your Lawyer Needs From You
When you hire a lawyer, it’s because you need them to use their expertise to navigate the law in order to accomplish your goals. However, in order to do their…
Wills, Trusts & Estates Prof Blog
The Getty Family’s Trust Issues
The Getty family has gone to battle against a former financial advisor, Marlena Sonn, who has given the world a glimpse inside the workings of the Getty dynasty. The dispute…
Shufti Pro Blog
Amendments to ‘Trust Property Control Act’ May Still Require Revisions
FISA (Fiduciary Institute of Southern Africa) and other notable trust law experts have expressed significant uneasiness regarding the amendments to the Trust Property Control Act. The amendments will set vague,…
Wills, Trusts & Estates Prof Blog
Spending by Aaron Hernandez’s former fiancé ‘merits scrutiny,’ lawyer of daughter’s trust says
It has been six years since former professional football player, Aaron Hernandez, died while serving a life sentence for the murder of Odin Lloyd. Hernandez's career came to an abrupt…
Wills, Trusts & Estates Prof Blog
ACTEC Call for Papers: Alternative and Critical Perspectives on Trusts and Estates
The American College of Trust and Estate Counsel announces a Call for Papers with a focus on alternative and critical approaches to trust and estate practice and scholarship.This special issue…
Trust & Estates Mediation Blog
Trusts, Due Process, and Mediated Settlements
You have to love an appellate decision that starts off like this: "The legal historian Frederic William Maitland is reputed to have said, 'The law is a seamless web.' He…
Boundary Breakthroughs
Contending with Betrayal
By Bob Zierman
In my role as a boundary dispute attorney, I often had to help neighbors contend with betrayal. And truth be known, I had to assist some to orchestrate betrayal as…
Ogden Glazer + Schaefer Blog
How trust enhances team performance
By Erin Ogden
As you learned from Drew’s post last week, we attended the State Bar of Wisconsin’s Solo and Small Firm Conference. It is a conference for well, solo and small (fewer…
Private Client
Should I write a will or form a trust to distribute my assets?
By Rishabh Shroff, Chirag Shah
[caption id="attachment_2642" align="aligncenter" width="770"] Source: Livemint.com[/caption] The following article was first published in the Mint newspaper on 1st November, 2022. The same was written by our Private Client team at…
Wills, Trusts & Estates Prof Blog
New Edition of Wills, Trusts, and Estates–Examples & Explanations Published
Wills, Trusts, and Estates: Examples and Explanations covers intestate succession, wills, trusts, estate administration, nonprobate assets, wealth transfer taxation, disability and death planning (including elder law concerns), and malpractice and…