This week, Jaclene D’Agostino discusses the circumstances under which trusts assets are legally protected from the settlor’s creditors.
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August 2009
Court Examines Beneficiary’s Right to Sell Real Property
By Ilene S. Cooper on
Posted in Construction of Wills and Trusts
This week, Ilene S. Cooper explains a recent case in which the Suffolk County Surrogate’s Court analyzed whether a beneficiary’s interest in the decedent’s residence qualified as a life estate, notwithstanding the explicit use of the term in the decedent’s Will.
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