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California Trust, Estate & Probate Litigation
Step Into the Boxing Ring: Trust and Will Lawsuits can be a real FIGHT!
http://www.podbean.com/media/player/kirvz-53a0c9/initByJs/1/auto/1?skin=110 Make no mistake, litigation is a fight. If you are going to try to set aside a Trust or Will document, you have a fight coming your way. And…
Wills, Trusts & Estates Prof Blog
Article on Material Participation of Trusts
Ryan Pulver (Jackson Kelly PLLC) & Alan Joseph Wilson (Independent) recently published an article entitled, In Agents We Trust - A Proposal for Material Participation of Trusts, 15 Wyo. L.…
The Faculty Lounge
Affleck’s Ancestor and the Trust for Slavery
It's not often that people are interested in the history of trusts. But this week is different. Brandy Zadrozny over at the Daily Beast broke the news that Ben Affleck's…
Wills, Trusts & Estates Prof Blog
California Court Recognizes Attorney Duty to Trust Beneficiaries
When Gilbert Paul had his revocable living trust amended by attorney Richard Patton, he intended for his children and not his wife to be granted an interest in his brokerage…
Wills, Trusts & Estates Prof Blog
Dean Smith Gift to Former Players Described as Typical of His Coaching Style
As I have previously discussed, roughly 180 former University of North Carolina basketball players will soon receive a $200 check from a trust created by their former coach, Dean Smith,…
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Late Coach Dean Smith Gives $200 to Former Players
Former North Carolina Tar Heels coach Dean Smith, who passed away in February at the age of 83, created a trust to send $200 to every letterman who played under…
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Article on Decanting and Revocability in Irrevocable Texas Trusts
Crystal Rose (J.D. Candidate, Texas Tech University School of Law, May 2015) recently published an article entitled, Decanting More Than Just Wine: Revocability in Irrevocable Texas Trusts, 7 Est. Plan.…
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Gordon on Forfeiting Trust
Yesterday I mentioned Deborah Gordon's "Trusting Trust." Today's it's her new article on "Forfeiting Trust." Cribbing now from the abstract: Over the past two years, a significant number of appellate…
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New Bill Allowing Trusts for 360 Years
Legislation that would allow residents of Mississippi to place their assets in a trust for up to 360 years passed in the state House yesterday and is now before Governor…
Florida Probate & Trust Litigation Blog
Does a trustee’s lawyer owe fiduciary duties to the trust’s beneficiaries?
The nature and extent of the fiduciary duties -- if any -- owed by the lawyer for a trustee or personal representative to the beneficiaries of the trust or estate…