Recent Posts Tagged With 'trusts'

• Setting Up Your Charitable Foundation

  Posted on Friday July 10th, 2009 at 12:47 in charity, charitable foundation, trusts, private foundation, family foundation, non-profit corporation

  A private family foundation is a wonderful way to teach and expose your family to charitable giving. At an early age, members of your family can participate in the operations of the foundation and suggest worthy charities or charitable causes. The ...

• Every Time I See an Ad for LegalZoom I Cringe

  Posted on Tuesday March 10th, 2009 at 20:13 in estate planning, wills, trusts, legalzoom

  You have seen Robert Shapiro, the criminal attorney known for his representation of O.J. Simpson, on these ads for Legalzoom.com.  He is plugging his website-based product as an easy, inexpensive way to, among other things, form a legal entity, get ...

• What's a Contingent Trust?

  Posted on Tuesday January 6th, 2009 at 12:24 in estate planning, trusts, minor children

  A contingent trust is a written agreement directing how a person's estate should be managed and distributed in the event of a certain occurrence.  In most cases, a contingent trust is used to address the possibility that your spouse does not survive...