by Trust Counsel | Aug 14, 2026 | Articles, Estate Planning
A family called us after losing their mother. She had a will, properly signed and perfectly valid. But it didn’t tell anyone who had legal authority to be with the children in the first 72 hours, who could pay the mortgage while the accounts were frozen in...
by Trust Counsel | Aug 3, 2026 | Articles, Estate Planning
How to have the estate planning conversation with the people you love without making it weird.There’s a phrase most of us remember from decades past: “Friends don’t let friends drive drunk.” It was simple, direct, and it worked, because it...
by Trust Counsel | Jul 24, 2026 | Articles, Asset Protection
If your baby was born on or after January 1, 2025, the federal government has set aside $1,000 for your child. The account is available now. Contributions opened on July 4, 2026. And most families have not yet taken the step to claim it.The account is called a Trump...
by Trust Counsel | Jul 15, 2026 | Articles, Asset Protection
Four years before a wrongful termination lawsuit landed on his desk, Marcus transferred his investment real estate portfolio into a lifetime asset protection trust.There was no lawsuit on the horizon. There was no specific threat he was trying to outrun. There was...
by Trust Counsel | Jul 10, 2026 | Articles, Asset Protection
The lawsuit came from a contract dispute with a former vendor. By the time it was resolved, the business owner had spent fourteen months in litigation, paid six figures in legal fees, and watched a judgment place a lien on real estate he had spent two decades...
by Trust Counsel | Jul 3, 2026 | Articles, Estate Tax
A client forwarded me a CNBC article last week with a note: “Does this affect our trust?”It was a reasonable question. The article described a provision buried in the One Big Beautiful Bill that tax lawyers and accountants are calling a double taxation...