The Trust Held. He Went to Jail Anyway.
The Belize trustee refused to repatriate. The Illinois court never reached the trust. Steve Fanady has been in Cook County Jail since June 2022. Here's why.
I Researched This With AI. What Am I Missing?
Can You Trust AI Research on Asset Protection? The risk isn't that AI makes things up. It's that an accurate summary can lead you to exactly the wrong conclusion — and your research isn't privileged.
How Do Oregon Residents Protect Assets From Lawsuits?
Oregon Asset Protection: What the Law Actually Allows. Oregon's homestead exemption is $150,000. There's no DAPT statute. And tenancy by the entirety does nothing when both spouses have liability.
Do Land Trusts Actually Protect Assets? What They Do and What They Don’t
Do Land Trusts Protect Assets? Privacy Is Not Protection. A land trust gives you privacy, probate avoidance, and transfer tax treatment. It does not give you creditor protection — and the LLC-beneficiary version has a trap.
Your Bridge Trust® Has Dynasty Provisions. That Does Not Mean You Have a Dynasty Plan.
Your Bridge Trust Has Dynasty Provisions — But Not a Dynasty Plan. The 365-year term and continuing beneficiary provisions are in your document. They are dormant authority, not protection. Here is what still has to happen.
Which Asset Protection Structure Do I Actually Need?
Which Asset Protection Structure Do I Actually Need? LLC, limited partnership, or trust — and when each one earns its cost. A layer-by-layer framework based on your exposure, not your net worth.
Will My Lender Call the Loan If I Transfer My Property? Due-on-Sale Clauses, Explained
Will My Lender Call the Loan If I Transfer My Property? Federal law bars lenders from calling a loan when you transfer your home into a trust. It does not protect a transfer into an LLC. The difference decides your plan.
Does an Offshore Trust Preserve the Step-Up in Basis?
Does an Offshore Trust Preserve the Step-Up in Basis? Rev. Rul. 2023-2 says completed gifts to a grantor trust get no §1014 step-up. Most offshore trusts are completed gifts. What that costs, and the design question that decides it.
Automatic Migration Provisions: The Rule That Defeats Trigger-Clause Trusts
Automatic Migration Provisions Under Treas. Reg. §301.7701-7. A trust that migrates offshore automatically when a creditor sues is foreign from the day it was created. The regulation says so, with an example. What a properly drafted instrument does instead.
I Just Got Sued. Is It Too Late to Protect My Assets?
I Just Got Sued — Is It Too Late to Protect My Assets? For the claim already filed, largely yes — moving assets now is a voidable transfer. For claims that don't exist yet, no. What still works, and what makes it worse.