ACTEC Trust & Estate
Talk Podcasts
ACTEC shares advice from the best and brightest lawyers in the trust and estate field every Tuesday. The ACTEC Trust and Estate Talk podcast series shares in-depth information on topics from electronic wills to bitcoin to charitable planning. Each podcast is transcribed and includes additional resources. Listen, read, and share your new knowledge with clients and colleagues each week.
Thirty-Two Papers Submitted for This Year’s Competition!
Record 32 papers from 20 law schools were submitted for the 2025 Mary Moers Wenig Writing Competition. Winners announced July 15 on actecfoundation.org.
What is Community Property?
Understand what community property is, how it affects assets such as a home or a business, what is quasi-community property and more.
How DNA Testing is Shaking Up Estate Plans | DNA Testing for Inheritance
A discussion of the impact of DNA testing on inheritance, intestacy laws, surrogacy, and use of frozen embryos postmortem.
Family Office Investment Partnerships
An estate planning expert explains the potential business planning issues when giving a family office an interest in an investment partnership it manages.
Enforcement of Charitable Donation Restrictions
An explanation of what donors need to consider when making a charitable donation to a nonprofit? What restrictions need to be thought through?
The ACTEC Foundation Announces Mary Moers Wenig 2020 Student Writing Competition Winners
The ACTEC Foundation today announced the 2020 winners of the Mary Moers Wenig Student Writing Competition.
Motivating Heirs with an Incentive Trust
Learn the benefits and pitfalls of incentive trusts when motiving heirs or beneficiaries and rewarding behavior.







