The Duress Clause That Put Him in Jail
An offshore trust had a duress provision. The Eleventh Circuit held it void — and explained exactly which duress clauses fail and why.
The Trust Was Created in 1988. It Still Failed.
A 1988 Third-Party Trust That Still Failed. Perfect timing. A restricted-trustee clause in the document. Created by a father for his son decades before any claim. An Illinois bankruptcy court held it was not a valid spendthrift trust.
Four Words Cost Them $6.5 Million
The Children's Trust That Was Self-Settled: In re Kittrell. An irrevocable trust with an anti-reversion clause still failed. The reason was a four-word class definition in the power of appointment.
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.
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.
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.
What United States v. Huckaby Actually Teaches About Asset Protection
United States v. Huckaby (2026): What the Case Actually Held. United States v. Huckaby, No. 2:23-cv-00587-DAD-JDP (E.D. Cal. Mar. 2, 2026), is a federal collection case in which a self-settled Nevada spendthrift trust failed to protect California real property from a federal judgment lien under 28 U.S.C. §3201(a). The court applied California law to the creditor question — not Nevada’s — because the property sits in California. Under California law the trust was void as a self-settled shield, because the same people were its settlors, trustees, and beneficiaries.
What Critics of the Bridge Trust® Get Wrong!
What Critics of the Bridge Trust® Get Wrong. The published critiques attack a trustee-resignation mechanism the Bridge Trust® doesn't use, and cite a case involving a different product. The attack is accurate. The target is wrong.
Why Successful Asset Protection Rarely Produces Case Law
The best asset protection plans never appear in court records — because they work before litigation begins. Here’s why the absence of case law is actually proof of concept, not a weakness
Indiana Investors Trust Cases Explained: Asset Freezes, Offshore Planning, and Bridge Trust Design
The Indiana Investors Trust cases are among the most misused in asset protection debates. Here’s what the courts actually decided about asset freezes, offshore planning, and what proper Bridge Trust design prevents