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Trust
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Estateography
Funding: How to Get Things into a Trust
Let’s start with some jargon. "Funding" a trust is what estate planning lawyers call the process of getting assets into a trust. When we say something is in a trust,…
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Article on State Asset Protection Trust Statutes
Ronald J. Mann (Albert E. Cinelli Professor of Law and Co-director of the Charles Evans Gerber Transactional Studies Center, Columbia Law School) recently published an article entitled, A Fresh Look…
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Massachusetts Funds Environmental Trust with Specialty License Plates
The Massachusetts Environmental Trust was created by the Massachusetts Legislature 20 years ago and uses trust funds for environmental projects, such as protecting rivers in the state by addressing runoff…
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James Brown Battle Continues
I have previously discussed the education charity established by the late music legend James Brown. The South Carolina Supreme Court recently made a decision as to why the “I Feel…
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Court Allows Trust Reformation
In O’Connell v. Houser, the Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts allowed a reformation of a trust to conform to the settlor’s intent and tax objectives. Two trusts were created in the…
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CLE on Domestic Asset Protection Trust Planning in Alaska, South Carolina, Wyoming, Oklahoma
The ABA Section of Real Property, Trust and Estate Law is presenting the third of five eCLE webinars that are part the Domestic Asset Protection Trust Planning: Jurisdiction Selection Series.…
California Trust, Estate & Probate Litigation
Let’s Make a Deal: How California Trust and Will Mediations Work
If you have never mediated a legal case before, you may be in for a surprise in attending your mediation. In this video, Stewart Albertson describes some basics of…
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California Estate Attorney Ordered to Return Trust Funds
A lawyer in Encinitas, California has been ordered to $4.3 million dollars to the trust of a former client. Siv Ljungwe, who died in 2010, left her assets to a…
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The Complexities of Directed Trusts
For wealthy families, electing just a trustee and investment advisor is an outdated trust model. These people are divvying traditional trustee duties in to different functions, selecting special experts and…
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Existence of Private Trust Companies on the Rise
A trend is emerging of wealthy families creating private trusts companies in order to have more investment control than they would have by continuing to rely on bank run trust…