Question: If I have an irrevocable trust and my trustee gets sued can my creditors attach my trust? Response: Probably not, but it depends on the trust and what you mean by “have.” If [...]

Question: We are in a half-century long loving and trusting (but not legally joined) partnership and are finding our end of life planning especially challenging. We cannot marry because one of us [...]

Question: I have a 20-year-old daughter who goes through money pretty quick. I have decided I can’t lay $1-1.5 million on her at age 21-23. (I’m terminally ill.) How much should I [...]

                                                  Historically, trusts [...]

Question: I am being sued for defamation. If I lose, is there any way to protect my assets? I own a 49% interest in a business that is a corporation and a 50% interest in a piece of property that [...]

Question: My friend (Mark) is the joint owner of a vacant land lot with his father. Mark was recently given a state prison term for life. Mark was convicted because he could not afford an [...]

Question: What is a Trust Protector and how do they work? Are there advantages and disadvantages in setting one in place? Response: A “trust protector” is a relatively new category of [...]

Queston: Many of the suggestions you give to protect seniors from fraud involve children—children as co-trustees of revocable trusts, as joint account holders, etc. What do you recommend for [...]

Question: My mom is going to transfer the deed of her house to my name only, but she would like some kind of agreement that she can live in the house for as long as she lives, almost as a [...]

Question: My 86-year-old mother has a life estate for her Massachusetts property which was created in 2011. My brother and I are listed as grantees on the deed. She is concerned that a lien could [...]