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Trusts - The Estate Planner's Toolbox
and other Estate Planning Tools

Manage Your Wealth

Trusts, and the other methods of estate planning, are very important tools when planning an estate. Some of their important features are:


Control and invest assets, pool assets from different jurisdictions into one to ease the probate process, simplify the probate process, protect assets from creditors, reduce taxes, reduce gross estate size, and helps large estate remain qualified for government funded resources like Medicaid and Special Education supplements. Our office is knowledgeable with and comfortable using an extensive list of tools and resources for the benefit of our clients' needs.

The  items listed below are tools at your disposal  which may accomplish  a long list of goals. The list is not exhaustive. Please contact our offices to find out more. 
Marital Bypass/Disclaimer Trust

Intervivos (Lifetime) Trust

Joint Lifetime Trust

Generation Skipping Trust

Grantor Retained Annuity Trust (GRAT)

Grantor Retained Unitrust (GRUT)

Qualified Terminable Interest Property (QTIP)

Qualified Residence Trust (QRT)

Qualified Domestic Trust (QDoT)
Disclaimer Trust

Family Partnership

Intentionally Defective Grantor Trust (IDGT)

Irrevocable Life Insurance Trust (ILIT)

Irrevocable Trusts

Uniform Transfer to Minors Act (UTMA)

Special IRC for Education Trust

Supplemental Needs Trust (SNT)

Charitable Trust