So I just saw “Contagion”, the movie released last week about the effects of a global pandemic. While it certainly had a “could this really happen” feel to it, it also produced skeptical “who is going to profit from scaring the public due to the depicted realism” thoughts as well. Read more...
“Estate Planning” is somewhat of a misnomer. For example, let’s check out The Free Dictionary’s definition of “estate”. You’ll find that the majority of the 8 provided definitions associate the term either with land or with some kind wealth, social position, or political power. Read more...
In the first two parts of this topic, we covered the attempt to unify trust law throughout the United States and Virginia’s brief new amendment to its version of the Uniform Trust Code. Now, to close the loop, we conclude by giving further detail to two important types of marital deduction trusts briefly mentioned in…
In Part I of our discussion, we introduced the Uniform Trust Code and why Virginia would deviate from it. Today, we explain Virginia’s rationale for changing its law on creditors’ rights to annual gifts into a trust and to inter-vivos marital deduction trusts. What was Virginia’s concern regarding annual gifting into a trust? Read more...
