Trusts and Estates Section

A successor-in-interest affidavit may be filed after commencing or continuing a suit as a decedent’s successor-in-interest. Read more

Assets of a spendthrift trust may be reached for payment of attorney’s fees and costs in marital dissolution proceedings where the trustee is joined as a party, and separately for child support orders. Read more

The estate of a beneficiary has standing to demand an accounting; where there are disputed issues of fact the court may not dismiss without an evidentiary hearing. Read more

A “Strategic Lawsuit Against Public Participation,” or SLAPP suit, is a court filing complaining of injury as a result of petitioning the court or free speech activity. A SLAPP suit is controversial. Read more

Join us for the 3rd Annual Financial Elder Abuse Symposium. Read more

Where a testator’s belief, even if irrational or unfounded, is drawn from facts which are shown to exist, the testator was not acting under an insane delusion Read more

A conservatorship petitioner is not entitled to attorneys’ fees where a conservator is not appointed. Read more

Lisa Piehl, the Program Manager of the Estate and Gift Tax Policy Division of the Internal Revenue Service (IRS), will be addressing updates related to estate and gift tax matters within the IRS. She will also detail what happens to estate tax returns (Form 706) and gift tax returns (Form 709) once it’s submitted to the IRS. Read more

Substantial evidence supported the trial court’s finding of elder abuse, and the award of double damages for elder financial abuse without a separate finding of bad faith was proper. Read more

As Baby Boomers age, lawyers increasingly face situations where clients or other parties have questionable mental capacity. What are the governing capacity standards in estate planning and other civil law contexts? Read more