Risk Transfer and Unrealized Expectations from Insurance Coverage for Trust Owned Real Estate.
In Part 2 of this two-part topic, the panel will address working with all the other attorneys in contested matters (besides your own attorney). The panelists will begin by discussing the role of the various attorneys for a proposed conservatee: court-appointed counsel, guardian ad litem, and private counsel. Also discussed will be tips and strategies […]
In Part 1 of this two-part topic, the panel will address choosing, hiring, and managing your own attorney as a fiduciary in a contested matter. Typically, attorney’s fees are the largest expense born by any trust. How does the fiduciary manage this large expense item for the trust? And what duties does your attorney owe […]
This presentation will discuss various environmental laws that a fiduciary needs to know about to avoid environmental liability related to property that may be in the fiduciary’s portfolio or that is being considered to purchase/lease other property. Knowledge of such laws are necessary for the fiduciary to avoid personal liability. The presentation will also touch […]
Fiduciaries of all experience levels often have a less-than-clear understanding of when attorney-client privilege protects them and when it does not. The attorney-client privilege rules as applied in the fiduciary context are exceedingly complex, and one accidental misstep can expose your private communications to the world (or, more ominously, to a contentious beneficiary or dissatisfied […]
According to the Insurance Studies Institute, more than 500,000 seniors lapse their life insurance policies annually, while only 1250 take advantage of a life insurance settlement. Yet about 90% of seniors report that they would have considered a life insurance settlement if they had been made aware of the option. Learn more about that option […]
This course describes the cast of characters involved in each of these matters and the interrelation between trusts, probates, powers of attorney, conservatorships, and guardianships.
A comprehensive presentation setting forth the financial standard of care for the various fiduciary roles of trustee, conservator, power of attorney, and administrator of decedent’s estate. The presentation addresses the ethical parameters that envelope each of these specific fiduciary duties. Throughout the presentation the panelists highlight useful practice pointers in regard to the practicalities of […]
Financial elder abuse unfortunately is all too common. The professional fiduciary appointed by the court as conservator or trustee, in many cases, is in the best position to rectify the abuses suffered by an elderly person. Therefore it’s important that the fiduciary be able to identify the various means by which financial elder abuse occurs. […]
Two Probate Litigators Look at Private Fiduciaries and Fiduciary Succession.