As clients, attorneys and advisors were just getting comfortable with the beneficiary defective inheritor's trust (BDIT), certain practitioners have attempted to extend its use and structure. Many of these attempted extensions, referred to in...
Since 1892, the Uniform Law Commission (ULC) has provided states with non-partisan, well-conceived and well-drafted legislation. The ULC is working on a number of issues affecting estate-planning practitioners. Here's a round-up of some of...
Sooner or later, we, as estate-planning professionals, are exposed to the frustration of clients or beneficiaries who ignore our advice and act in a manner that's financially self-destructive. Often, this situation arises in the fiduciary context...
The typical participants in an estate-planning team include the attorney, certified public accountant (CPA), insurance consultant and wealth manager. The optimal approach is a team effort that coordinates all advisors. But many families need more...
When attorneys draft trust documents, it's important to include maximum flexibility mechanisms to better respond to future tax, societal and beneficiary changes. Despite our clients' and our belief in crystal ball prognosis, these situations...
Ultra high-net-worth entertainers, film and television personalities and professional athletes (celebrities) require specialized estate and asset protection planning. In the past year, the media has been inundated with stories about the commercial...
Much has been written about modern multi-participant trust governance structures (sometimes called open-architecture trust designs) and evolving principles of state trust law related to directed trusts.1 The directed trust model threatens to...
