The next time you revise your will, consider including a testamentary trust. This is the kind of a trust that you can create using your will, to take effect when you die. A testamentary trust can help ...

The initial stages of the estate planning process can seem stressful and challenging. There are several legal and technical aspects to consider. There are several legal and technical aspects to ...

For those families fortunate enough to accumulate multigenerational wealth, testamentary trusts – trusts that come into effect after the death of the contributor – can be an important vehicle for ...

Traveling increases the importance of having an estate plan in place. Without a will, Louisiana’s default laws may not align with your wishes. Parents of young children should designate a guardian in ...

A will can specify setting up a trust with such features such as flexible distributions to children, backed up by asset protection features. When smart investors distribute their assets through a will ...

A recent Arkansas Court of Appeals ruling indicates that courts may be unwilling to enforce arbitration provisions set forth in testamentary documents where a beneficiary challenges the validity of ...

Big tax changes are coming in 2016 for testamentary trusts. Most of these trusts will see their tax rates leap from 26 per cent up to 44 per cent (using Saskatchewan rates). A “testamentary trust” is ...

One of the items in last week’s federal budget that perhaps got the least amount of attention yet could potentially affect the wills and estate planning of thousands of Canadians is the proposed ...

Owing to the substantial increase in the value of capital assets owned by many Australians, people are looking to more sophisticated asset-protection and estate-planning options than those offered by ...