In California, the Private Retirement Trust (PRT) is a statutory exemption tool that allows for the protection of retirement assets from most civil creditors. When structured properly and used in good faith for...
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Completing the Series with a Critical Element In the fourth and final installment of Peak Trust Company’s Private Retirement Trust (PRT) Series, exemption planning attorney Dustin Nichols returns to address o...
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More Than Paperwork: How Private Retirement Trusts Are Built to Last After laying the statutory and strategic groundwork in Parts 1 and 2 of the Private Retirement Trust Series, Part 3 shifts focus from theory ...
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Private Retirement Trusts and the Power of Purpose What makes a Private Retirement Trust (PRT) legally defensible? In the second session of our four-part PRT Series, attorney Dustin I. Nichols challenges planne...
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Understanding Private Retirement Trusts in California In the opening session of our four-part Private Retirement Trust Series, attorney Dustin I. Nichols introduced attendees to one of California’s most under...
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A New Approach to Trust Planning For generations, trusts have been drafted to protect assets and distribute them to beneficiaries under carefully constructed standards. But is protection alone enough? In this t...
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In a shifting estate tax landscape, one strategy continues to rise in importance, though perhaps in unexpected ways. In this webinar hosted by Shenkman Law, leading estate planning professionals Martin Shenkman...
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In Part 2 of Peak Trust Company’s mental health webinar series, attorney Martin Shenkman and licensed counselor Amanda Koplin are joined by Betsy Jamison, who offers a moving, first-hand account of love, loss...
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In a groundbreaking and deeply moving webinar, attorney Martin Shenkman and licensed professional counselor Amanda Koplin bring urgent attention to a topic too often left unspoken in the advisory professions: t...
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