Asset Protection with Trusts – Testing the Limits

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Using Spendthrift Trusts in New York To what extent is a beneficiary’s trust fund available to his or her creditors?  Most elder law attorneys are very well versed in how trusts can be used to protect assets from claims by Medicaid, but it has been noticed, at least in my own experience, that the broader rules […]

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The “ABC’s” of Trust Planning – Learning the Terminology

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Knowing the basic terminology in any new area of study is a key to understanding the topic as a whole.  This is particularly true with estate planning and trusts where unfamiliar terminology abounds.  This post will specifically go through some of the more common nomenclature surrounding trusts and trust planning. What is a trust is […]

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