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Best DAPT Jurisdictions Based on Three Types of StatutesBest DAPT Jurisdictions Based on Three Types of Statutes

Analysis of where to set up a domestic asset protection trust.

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Sixteen states, or over 30 percent of the states in the United States, now have domestic asset protection trust (DAPT) statutes. Some commentators thought that DAPT statutes would be limited to less populous states, but Ohio, for example, which is a populous state and one with a major banking center, adopted DAPT legislation. Also, at the time of this writing, both of Michigan’s legislatures passed a DAPT statute, which is waiting for the governor’s signature.1 This adoption would create the 17th DAPT state. While the history of asset protection trusts (APTs) is fairly recent in the United States beginning with Alaska in 1996,2 we anticipate that many more jurisdictions will adopt DAPT statutes.

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About the Authors

Mark Merric

Manager

http://www.internationalcounselor.com/

 

Mr. Merric is the manager of the Merric Law Firm, LLC, a manager of the Alliance of International Legal Counselors, LLC, and a manager of China-U.S. Import Export Sourcing Company. He is active in the areas of domestic and offshore asset protection, domestic and international estate planning and international business transactions. Prior to practicing as an attorney, Mark Merric developed a strong business background practicing as a Certified Public Accountant for over twelve years. During this time, he worked for a Final Four Accounting Firm, two local accounting firms, and managed his own accounting firm.

Daniel G. Worthington

 

Dr. Daniel Glen Worthington is an independent estate planner, consultant, and legal educator with over twenty years of experience in helping meet the estate and financial planning needs of affluent families. Dr. Worthington consults affluent individuals and their families through their law firms, national financial firms and non-profit organizations regarding advanced philanthropic, estate and generation skipping transfer tax issues. He is a lecturer and frequent contributor to national estate planning periodicals and journals, including Trusts and Estates. He is featured in Who's Who in America, Who's Who in the World, Who's Who in American Law, and Who's Who in American Education.

Dr. Worthington resides in Orlando, Florida and serves as a Senior Wealth Advisor, with his principal office at the Florida Hospital Foundation. He previously served as Assistant Vice President and Trusts and Estates Counsel at the University of Central Florida Foundation. Dr. Worthington is the former Associate Dean of the University of South Dakota School of Law, where he also served as Executive Vice President for the Law School Foundation.

Dr. Worthington is co-founder of the Family Bank Design Center, and is a founding board member of the nationally based South Dakota Trust Company. He also serves on the national editorial boards of both the Planned Giving Design Center and the Endowment Development Corporation. He presently serves the National Committee on Planned Giving (NCPG) as one of the 11 member National Valuation Task Force. He is also serves adjunct faculty member in the Masters of Tax Program at the University of Central Florida.