The most powerful and flexible tool estate planners have today is the revocable living trust. It is essentially a substitute for a will that allows you to avoid the often lengthy and expensive probate ...

In In re Topletz, the trial court ordered a party jailed for civil contempt for failing to comply with an order to produce documents from a family-run trust during post-judgment discovery in a suit ...

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With today's rising costs, some people consider setting up a trust without an attorney. But while online tools or DIY templates can work for simple revocable living trusts, more complex estates could ...

Clients who want their beneficiaries to avoid probate often place assets in trust. Many CPAs are reluctant to take on being a trustee, which is a time-consuming responsibility. An alternative is to be ...

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Estate plans are an important part of preparing for the future. People protect their families and loved ones by creating wills, trusts, health care directives, etc., but what happens when ...

So, you have an irrevocable trust (or several) and you want to take a loan from the trust. While that might sound simple it really may not be as simple and you think, and you should discuss the ...

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