Protecting assets against loss is a common goal of estate planning. Asset protection trusts come in many different forms and can be used to protect property for the use and benefit of clients as well ...

As a financial advisor, you will have clients who are doctors, lawyers, accountants, or real estate agents. There are the top four professions that attract lawsuits when they make costly mistakes. If ...

Question: I understand that when you set up a trust, the assets that are in the name of the trust are protected from lawsuits and creditors. If this is so, it seems like that in today’s litigious ...

Some are quick to dismiss asset protection trust planning as too complex or unnecessary. For those not in a "certain tax bracket," this type of planning may seem like an over-reach by an estate ...

There has lately been a renewed interest by clients in asset protection planning. A problem for these clients and their planners who are unfamiliar with asset protection planning is that there is ...

A common concern of estate planning and business planning clients is protecting their assets from a future creditor claim. These claims can arise in the operation of a business, the provision of ...