Trusts and Estates
Articles across the publication that deal with trusts and estates.
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Business & Compliance
Antitrust Basics for Competitors Planning a Collaboration
Competitors can lawfully build things together. What they cannot do is agree on price, split up customers, or rig a bid — and the line between those worlds is sharp.
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Estate Planning & Elder Law
ABLE Accounts: Saving Money Without Losing Disability Benefits
An ABLE account is the one savings tool built so that having money does not disqualify a person from means-tested disability benefits. Here is how it works and where its limits sit.
7 min readGuide -
Estate Planning & Elder Law
Ancillary Probate: Handling Property Owned in Another State
Real estate is governed by the law of the state where it sits. That single rule is why an estate with a cabin two states away often needs a second court case to sell it.
6 min readGuide -
Estate Planning & Elder Law
Transfer-on-Death Deeds and Payable-on-Death Accounts
A recorded beneficiary deed or a payable-on-death form can move an asset at death without probate, without a trust, and without giving anyone rights while you are alive.
6 min readExplainer -
Estate Planning & Elder Law
Pet Trusts: Funding and Enforcing Care for Animals After an Owner Dies
Leaving money to an animal does not work, because an animal cannot own property. A pet trust is the structure that turns a wish about care into something a court will enforce.
6 min readExplainer
