An Internal Revenue Code Section 529 (529 account) educational savings account can be an attractive investment vehicle, thanks to its tax benefits and flexibility. But a recent decision of the Court ...

Trusts can be a useful tool for estate planning when you want to leave specific instructions about how your assets should be managed during your lifetime and beyond. Part of creating a trust means ...

In the area of estate planning, the use of trusts has become so commonplace that most all estate plans utilize a trust in some manner. There are a wide variety of trusts in which practitioners utilize ...

Leonard’s wife, Kelly-Anne, has been receiving checks in an irrevocable trust for more than 20 years. When she was a teenager, her mother set up the trust, naming Kelly-Anne’s uncle as the trustee.

An irrevocable fully discretionary inter vivos trust was established to fund the college educations of five named individuals. They were and are fully competent in all respects. Title to the remainder ...

Leonard’s wife, Kelly-Anne, has been receiving checks in an irrevocable trust for more than 20 years. When she was a teenager, her mother set up the trust, naming Kelly-Anne’s uncle as the trustee.

Leonard’s wife, Kelly-Anne, has been receiving checks in an irrevocable trust for more than 20 years. When she was a teenager, her mother set up the trust, naming Kelly-Anne’s uncle as the trustee.

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 ...