Marriages may be made in heaven but, in the courts of the state of New York, marriages are treated as economic partnerships. There are three economic aspects to this partnership: equitable ...

An expert Q&A on the intersection of trusts and estates and elder law, highlighting important elder law issues that counsel ...

States gut fiduciary duties as trustees gain power to eliminate protections through decanting and silent trust structures ...

Close-up view of man and woman signing documents, she wears a vintage wedding dress and he wears a formal suit. Beginning of life as a couple, with a promise to be together forever. Many people ...

Why does Congress stand by and allow one state to pick the pocket of another state? The latest example, reported today in The New Yorkerinvolves members of the Getty family wealth dynasty using trusts ...

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We are accustomed to think of the trust as a branch of property law. The Restatement(Second) of Trusts defines the trust as "a fiduciary relationship with respect to property," [FN1] and the codes ...

One cannot handle the disposition of one's estate from the grave, but one can determine who will handle that disposition. The two basic ways to do so are by wills or trusts. The larger and more ...