Takeaways from the 2023 Massachusetts divorce case, Jones v. Jones, for parents who support their married children may diminish trust assets in a divorce.
Caution for Divorcing Spouses Who Are Trust Beneficiaries
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Guidance on Advising Clients Regarding Taxes, Trusts and Estates, and Recent Legislation
ACTEC Fellows provide essential insights on estate planning, taxation, and recent legislation. Their expert guidance helps estate planners and wealth management advisors navigate complexities, avoid common pitfalls, and more effectively manage their practices.
Pre-Contest Planning
There are many techniques that may discourage challenges to your client’s estate planning documents, including steps the planner should take/avoid taking to assure client’s wishes are followed.
State Law Pitfalls: Don’t Step in It When Your Client Steps Across State Lines
There are many pitfalls when an estate plan or trust cross state lines. ACTEC Fellows offer things to consider when drafting a will.
Powers of Appointment: From Snoozy to Sexy
Powers of appointment keep long-term trusts evergreen, to be responsive to changing family, tax, and economic landscapes and to transform old assets.
Hot Topics in Estate Planning
Forefront on everyone’s mind is the new Tax Act. And so, certainly, we want to talk a little about that, because it’s important, and it’s a very hot topic.
Privileged Communication in Estate Planning and Advising
How can estate planners keep privileged communication safe when working with other advisors and professionals? ACTEC Fellows tackle attorney-client privilege and privileged communication issues.
Twenty Years of Domestic Asset Protection Trusts in the United States
ACTEC Fellows Don Sparks and Amy Kanyuk discuss 20 years of Asset Protection Trust Legislation in the United States. What do practitioners need to be aware of when moving assets between states?
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