The popularity of revocable trusts and pour-over wills as “package deals” creates
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Can a revocable trust waive the creditor-exempt status of life insurance proceeds? And if in hindsight that turns out to be a mistake, can the trust be “reformed” to undo the waiver?
Harvard law professors on why the interference-with-inheritance tort was never a good idea and why it’s time to get rid of it
I’ve been a fan of T&E Harvard Law professor Robert Sitkoff‘s work
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Are trustees entitled to due process prior to being removed?
It says it right in the trust code: trust litigation must be
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Of lost wills, cloud computing, and the vagaries of witness testimony
This is a lost will case. The pitfalls lurking under the surface of
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