In a previous newsletter, we recently heralded the passage of the “Connecticut Qualified Dispositions in Trust Act”, which permits the creation and establishment of self-settled domestic asset protection trusts (“DAPTs”). To...more
9/12/2019
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Asset Protection ,
Capital Gains ,
Creditors ,
Distribution Rules ,
Domestic Asset Protection Trust (DAPT) ,
Estate Planning ,
Grantor Trusts ,
Income Taxes ,
Trustees ,
Trusts
With just minutes to spare, a bill modernizing many aspects of Connecticut’s trust laws passed the Senate on June 5th, and is on its way to Governor Lamont for signature.
House Bill 7104: contains Connecticut’s version of...more
The combined value of all of the 867 crypto currencies tracked by CoinMarketCap.com is presently over $161 billion. Only seven years ago, on what is commemorated as “Bitcoin Pizza Day,” Bitcoin, then a new crypto currency,...more
9/11/2017
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Bitcoin ,
Cryptocurrency ,
Digital Currency ,
Email ,
Estate Planning ,
IRS ,
Popular ,
Probate ,
Securities ,
Trustees ,
Trusts ,
UFADAA ,
Virtual Currency
One reality of modern life is our increasing reliance on digital information and services. It’s difficult to take and then order prints of photographs, accumulate travel rewards, book travel, sort through financial records,...more
5/6/2016
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Digital Assets ,
Encryption ,
Estate Planning ,
Fiduciary Duty ,
Passwords ,
Power of Attorney ,
Probate Code ,
Social Media ,
Terms of Service ,
Trusts ,
Wills