States gut fiduciary duties as trustees gain power to eliminate protections through decanting and silent trust structures ...

Officers with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement arrest fugitives as part of Operation Cross Check in Dallas, Texas. Credit: U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement via Wikimedia Commons This ...

The session “It’s 10 PM, Do You Know Where Your Trust Is Sited?” at the 2026 Heckerling Institute on Estate Planning detailed ...

In July 2024, Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro signed the Pennsylvania Directed Trust Act, Senate Bill 1231 (now part of Act No. 64 of 2024, sponsored by Senator Lisa Baker), into law, making ...

“Jurisdictions that adopt so-called ‘sanctuary policies’ also adopt the view that the protection of criminal aliens is more important than the protection of law-abiding citizens and of the rule of law ...

Pennsylvania will soon become the 20th state to adopt a version of the Uniform Directed Trust Act (the Act), adding a new subchapter to the PEF Code and significantly changing the existing provisions ...

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