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Perhaps one of the most noticeable developments I'm seeing in the last couple of years is clients and their advisors paying increasing attention to situs and jurisdiction selection in estate planning. Indeed, they're regularly considering jurisdictions other than their residencies or domicile for their trusts and closely held business entities. There are a number of reasons for this increased focus.

Douglas Moore, Managing Director and Senior Financial Planner

January 1, 2010

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Douglas Moore

Perhaps one of the most noticeable developments I'm seeing in the last couple of years is clients and their advisors paying increasing attention to situs and jurisdiction selection in estate planning. Indeed, they're regularly considering jurisdictions other than their residencies or domicile for their trusts and closely held business entities.

There are a number of reasons for this increased focus. The trusts and estates bar and professionals from financial institutions are working on model uniform laws or specific state statutes effectively addressing recurring issues. Clients' increased mobility forces more thorough reviews of laws in different jurisdictions. Also, states looking to generate additional revenue are enacting...

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About the Author

Douglas Moore

Managing Director and Senior Financial Planner, U.S. Trust, Bank of America Private Wealth Management

Douglas Moore has been a managing director and the senior planner in the U.S. Trust Family Office Group (specializing in estate and charitable planning) since 2008.  He regularly meets with families and their advisors to design and implement estate, charitable and trust plans.

 

Doug has been a trusts and estates attorney for more than 32 years.  Before joining U.S. Trust, he was a managing director and the head of estate and charitable planning at The Citigroup Private Bank for five years and Citi Trust for over one year.  Also, he was Senior Counsel of the Estate and Trust Services Group at Smith Barney for over five years.  Before joining Smith Barney in 1996, Doug practiced law in Manhattan for over 16 years as a trusts and estates attorney and was involved in all aspects of estate planning and estate and trust administration.

 

Doug has written over fifty-five articles on estate and charitable planning, investments for trusts and private foundations, fiduciary responsibility, real estate and life insurance.  These articles have been published in Trusts & Estates, Estate Planning, Taxation of Exempts, Practical Tax Strategies and BNA Tax Management.  He also serves as a co-chairperson of the Estate Planning and Taxation Committee on the advisory editorial board of Trusts & Estates magazine.  He has lectured before various professional groups (including bar associations)on estate and charitable planning.