Revocable living trusts are often the core estate planning vehicle for the basic estate plan. Generally, revocable living trusts are touted as an incredibly versatile estate planning tool, which ...

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 ...

What Is an Asset Protection Trust? An asset protection trust is an irrevocable trust used to protect your assets from creditors, unjust lawsuits, and court decisions. Typically, they are funded with ...

Real estate investors and developers understand and embrace risk but do not always judge it well. When the market is hot, many developers, investors and owners sign personal guarantees. Now that the ...

There's a new type of asset protection technique that's evolved from a well-established and highly effective elder law planning tool: the irrevocable income only Medicaid trust (IIOMT). We find the ...

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Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about charitable giving and estate planning ideas. A Delaware court (by the Magistrate in Chancery) recently upheld the ...