Substantive Trust and Estate Information
The American College of Trust and Estate Counsel Foundation is a nonprofit focused on providing trust, estate and tax learning for professionals, families and law students.
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Professionals
Our professional education and resources offer valuable information for lawyers and financial services professionals.
Solutions for
Families
Our ACTEC Fellows help explain to families some of the basics of wills, estate planning, and guardianship.
Solutions for
Law Students
Our commitment to funding legal education initiatives for law students, including the Mary Moers Wenig Student Writing Competition.
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Funeral Arrangements and Disposition of Human Remains
Legal and practical challenges are evolving with the respect of funeral arrangements and disposition of human remains. Listen to issues that may be avoided with proper estate planning.
Elder Financial Abuse: The Crime of the 21st Century
As the tradition of the close-knit family generation vanishes in America an epidemic of elder financial abuse is sweeping the country. ACTEC Fellows discuss this complicated topic in this podcast.
Situs and the Resident Trust
“Situs and the Resident Trust.” That’s the subject of today’s ACTEC Trust and Estate Talk. Transcript/Show Notes This is Doug Stanley, ACTEC Fellow from Saint Louis, Missouri. Should your trust pack up and hit the road? Is a change of situs a must if there are taxes...
Mission
ACTEC Foundation
The ACTEC Foundation is a nonprofit that offers education to families and professionals and supports students interested in the trust and estate area of the law.
Our mission is to support scholarships to improve the law and by encouraging life-long learning. Our Fellows engage through programs which serve the community.
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Our Impact
The American College of Trust and Estate Counsel Foundation was created in 1982 to support life-long learning in the areas of trust, estate, tax, and estate planning. Our Fellows are the best and brightest in the estate field, and generously share their expertise with the public.
Since 2008, nearly a million dollars in grants have been distributed.