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Wills, Trusts & Estates Prof Blog
Article on The Uniform Basis Rules and Terminating Interests in Trusts Early
Lad Boyle, Howard M. Zaritsky, and Ryan Wallace recently published an article entitled, The Uniform Basis Rules and Terminating Interests in Trusts Early, Wills, Trusts, & Estates Law ejournal (2020). Provided…
The Social Media Butterfly
What to Do When Someone Stabs You in the Back
No matter how old you are or what you do, someone will stab you in the back at some point in your life. I have been betrayed both personally and…
Wills, Trusts & Estates Prof Blog
Article on Surprised by the Inevitable: A National Survey of Estate Planning Utilization
Emily Taylor Poppe recently published an article entitled, Surprised by the Inevitable: A National Survey of Estate Planning Utilization, Wills, Trusts, & Estates Law Ejournal (2020). Provided below is the abstract…
Asset Search Blog
Divorce & Hidden Money: Recovering Assets At Trusts
By Fred Abrams
How does a divorcing spouse hide assets at trusts? The spouse hiding assets first forms a trust. Next, this spouse fraudulently transfers assets part of the marital estate, to the…
The Fiduciary Litigator
Appellate Court Held That Judgment Construing A Trust Was Enforceable And Had Effect When The Trust Was Later Challenged
In Neal v. Neal, the court of appeals affirmed a trial court’s judgment resolving who were the correct beneficiaries of a trust. No. 05-19-00364-CV, 2020 Tex. App. LEXIS 4514 (Tex.…
New York Probate Lawyer Blog
Who Should Act as the Estate Administrator and Why Does it Matter?
Estate planning in New York is important because it allows a person to create planning documents such as a Last Will and Living Trust. Advance directives in the form of a…
China Law Blog
Doing Business Overseas: The Trust Thing
As a business lawyer who specializes in international transactions, I spend about half of my time working on legal strategy with my clients. I describe legal strategy as figuring out…
The Fiduciary Litigator
Texas Supreme Court Held That The Reformation Statute For The Rule Against Perpetuities Could Apply To An Instrument Created By A Corporation Because Corporations Can Create Inter Vivos Trusts
In Yowell v. Granite Operating Co., the Texas Supreme Court reviewed the validity of an interest in a mineral lease regarding the rule against perpetuities (“Rule”). No. 18-0841, 2020 Tex.…
The Attorney Marketing Center
5 ways to build trust
By David Ward
Marketing isn’t just telling people what you do and how you can help them. Marketing requires targeting the right people with the right problems and providing them with the right…
Wills, Trusts & Estates Prof Blog
Florida Court Applies Common Law To Modify Irrevocable Trust
In the May 2020 case Demircan v. Mikhaylov, Florida's Third District Court of Appeal determined that the Florida probate court appropriately applied Florida's common law of trusts to modify an irrevocable…