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Wills, Trusts & Estates Prof Blog
“String” Regulations
Jim Roberts (Attorney, Glast, Phillips & Murray, P.C., Dallas, TX) has written an article entitled String Inclusion: Final Regulations on 2036 and 2039.Here is an excerpt from the article:A little…
NJ Family Legal Blog
Read Mark Ashton’s Excellent Post Entitled &Quot;Trusting The Estate Plan: How Trusts Work Well For The Happily Married But Confuse The Rights Of Those Who Are Not.&Quot;
Mark Ashton, a partner in our Exton (Chester County), Pennsylvania office and the editor of our Pennsylvania Family Law Blog, wrote an excellent post entitled "Trusting the Estate Plan: How Trusts…
Pennsylvania Family Law
TRUSTING THE ESTATE PLAN: HOW TRUSTS WORK WELL FOR THE HAPPILY MARRIED BUT CONFUSE THE RIGHTS OF THOSE WHO ARE NOT.
All married couples should have an estate plan. For those with special needs or large estates estate planning often involves the creation of trusts. Trusts are a device by which the…
Legal Profession Blog
Less Clear
In an opinion issued today, the Indiana Supreme Court held that the reformation of trust provisions in two wills to comport with the testators' intent to avoid adverse income tax…
The Legal Watercooler
Do you trust me?
Jack asked this of Rose in Titanic. Deckard asked this of Rachael in Blade Runner. Aladdin asked this of Jasmine in Disney's Aladdin. Trust is the ultimate litmus test for…
Lancaster Law Blog
New Rights for Trust Beneficiaries
By Jon Gruber
Previously under Pennsylvania law, it was possible for a person to be a beneficiary of a trust and be unaware of the existence of the trust. This lack of information was…
Pennsylvania Fiduciary Litigation
Love Potion No. 9? For the Financial Crisis?
Neil Hendershot has a terrific post on his blog called "Liquid Trust" or "Living Trustworthiness"? With tongue in cheek, he talks of buying trust in a bottle (like Love Potion…
Desert Estate Planning Law Blog
Revocable Living Trust: Avoiding Probate the Easy Way
The revocable living trust is a great way to avoid probate. Probate involves unnecessary costs, delays for distributions, and potentially the loss of otherwise private information. Generally speaking, the revocable trust escapes…
Death Care Compliance Law
Un-parking those death care trusts: diversification
By Bill Stalter
The American Funeral Director recently published Curtis Rostad’s rebuttal letter to a prior story titled “Debunking the Trust Myth”. That same story earned a post on this blog site. While I agree…
Business and Commercial
Trust. Earned Or There Until Lost?
By Patrick Lamb
I have frequently used a pair of boots to illustrate the notion of perspective. Boots are one thing is you're wearing a nice pair of broken in boots, quite another…