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In wealth management, the trust is the most common structure used to realize our widely recognized and accepted freedom of disposition. Within broad parameters, the law of trusts allows the grantor to set forth a private law that both permits and restricts the use of property for the benefit of two or more people, either simultaneously or in succession.
Therein lies potential for disagreements about “who gets how much and when”—disputes that may morph into conflicts and even lawsuits. Whatever benefits the trust provides—tax, asset protection or otherwise—conflict can offset those gains and impose a burden on the management of the wealth subject to the trust. As a matter of best practice, every trust should have an administration plan d...
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