Revocable trusts can go by other names like living trusts, inter vivos trusts or even “loving” trusts, but their purpose is the same: to address the problems that traditional last wills and testaments ...

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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 ...

In balancing the asset protection tradeoffs in using trusts and LLCs, if a trust maker retains more powers and controls over a trust or LLC, the trust maker might be afforded less asset protection. So ...

Christy Bieber has a JD from UCLA School of Law and began her career as a college instructor and textbook author. She has been writing full time for over a decade with a focus on making financial and ...

Byline: Matthew Kayser  Planning for the future means considering how your money, property, and belongings will be managed if you are no longer able to manage them yourself. For many […] ...

I'm a single parent, and am looking at ways to minimise inheritance tax on my estate when I die. I looked into passing my home to my adult son and daughter while I am alive, but it seems that as I am ...

For those who don't qualify for long-term care insurance or can't afford it, the Medicaid Asset Protection Trust ("MAPT") can protect your assets from the high cost of long-term care in your home or ...