Trust-based property schemes, also known as ‘family protection trusts’ or ‘asset protection trusts’, are often promoted as a ...

Unlike a will, which can be challenged during the public probate process, a trust is a private contract that is significantly ...

Transferring property into a trust is an estate planning decision that can affect taxes during your lifetime and beneficiaries later. The tax treatment depends on how the trust is structured and how ...

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 ...

Nevada DAPT failed to shield California Tahoe real estate: court applied CA law, let IRS lien attach and foreclose on Huckaby’s 1/2 interest (U.S. v. Huckaby 2026).

Following changes to the federal estate tax law in 2010 – which eliminated the need for separate trusts for married couples to use both spouses’ federal estate tax exemptions – Missouri enacted a new ...