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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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Our professional education and resources offer valuable information for lawyers and financial services professionals.

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Our ACTEC Fellows help explain to families some of the basics of wills, estate planning, and guardianship.

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Our commitment to funding legal education initiatives for law students, including the Mary Moers Wenig Student Writing Competition.

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Effect of Recent Tax Reform Legislation on Divorce

February 19, 2019 | Podcasts

“The Effect of Recent Tax Reform Legislation on Divorce.” That's the subject of today's ACTEC Trust and Estate Talk. Transcript/Show Notes This is Margaret Van Houten, ACTEC Fellow from Des Moines, Iowa. Recent tax reform legislation makes divorce a more expensive...

Trust Residency and State Tax Nexus Planning

February 12, 2019 | Podcasts

A discussion of fiduciary income taxation of trusts, trust residency and taxation in light of recent development in Supreme Court and other case law.

What is Probate?

February 11, 2019 | Videos

ACTEC Fellows discuss “What is Probate? in this informative short video for individuals and families.

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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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.

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