Topic
Trust
1,086 published works
Swendson Fey Law Blog
Providing Flexibility by Adding Trust Protectors to Your Estate Planning
By Bill
Trust protectors (aka Trust Advisors) have long been used in British Commonwealth countries, originating with offshore asset protection trusts. With these trusts, their role was limited mostly to overseeing the…
Asset Search Blog
Concealing Assets In More Than 150 Trusts?
By Fred Abrams
"A Doctor, A Lawyer & Bricks Of Cash" revealed the role a Liechtenstein trust had in maintaining a secret Swiss bank account. The February 3, 2010 superseding indictment of former…
California Trust, Estate & Probate Litigation
Capacity Lite–How Undue Influence Can Be Used To Overturn a California Will or Trust When Lack of Capacity Allegations Fall Short.
People influence others every day, and most types of influence simply persuades a person to make a certain decision--where to eat, what to buy, who to like, you get the…
California Trust, Estate & Probate Litigation
Brain Power-How Personality Effects Trust and Will Contests
You don't need to have legal experience to know that different people act in different ways to any given situation. Especially stressful situations. Lawsuits are very stressful for most people involved…
Legal Marketing Blog
Trust. What a Novel Idea
By Tom Kane
Last week a ran across a piece entitled “Take a Risk: Trust” on Attorney at Work by Stewart Levine, and I haven’t been able to get it out of my mind.…
California Trust, Estate & Probate Litigation
The Expansion of Estate of Heggstad (at least for non-real property assets)
Here’s a situation we see often: Sally dutifully creates a California Trust, and at the same time signs a “general property assignment” to the Trust, which states in effect, “I,…
Asset Protection Law Journal
Trusts Designed for Probate Avoidance May Provide No Asset Protection
By Ken Laino
“Avoiding probate” has become almost an obsession with many Americans. In some states, this can be a good idea, to the extent reasonably possible. But “probate avoidance” is usually not my biggest…
Legal Marketing Blog
Legal Marketing: Be A Rebel.
By Paula Black
Continuing on the subject of trust… let’s be honest: You can’t trust what you don’t see. And in the age of Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn, face-to-face contact sets you apart…
European Union and Italian International Tax Law Blog
Italy’s Tax Administration Issued Additional Clarifications on Italian Taxation of Trusts
By Marco Rossi
Italy's Tax Administration provided additional clarifications on Italian taxation of trusts. In particular, Circular n. 61/E issued on December 27, 2010 addresses the situations in which a trust is disregarded…
White Collar Crime Prof Blog
Operation Broken Trust – But Who Broke the Trust?
By Ellen Podgor
The government is announcing here some statistics from Operation Broken Trust. (see also here) They are stating:"Starting on Aug. 16, 2010, to date Operation Broken Trust has involved enforcement actions…