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Why Self-Settled Spendthrift Trusts Fail in California: Creditor Protection Myths Debunked

Why Self-Settled Spendthrift Trusts Fail in California: Creditor Protection Myths Debunked Imagine you’ve built a nest egg—a thriving business, a real estate portfolio, or savings .

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The Importance of Having a Living Trust in California

For California residents, estate planning is a critical step to ensure that their assets are distributed according to their wishes without unnecessary delays or costs. .

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5 Amazing Benefits of an Irrevocable Life Insurance Trust (ILIT)

We all don’t like talking about death. Unfortunately, it’s one dialogue that we can’t avoid forever. Sadly though, life insurance is -in most cases- an .

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Putting Your House Into a Trust: Steps and Costs

I’ve been practicing as an estate planning lawyer in California for over 10-years and if there is any advice I most consistently give it is .

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Am I Being Ripped Off? What a Trustee Cannot Do

If you are a beneficiary of a trust it can be frustrating when the successor trustee (the person who took over after the original trustees, .