In the area of estate planning, the use of trusts has become so commonplace that most all estate plans utilize a trust in some manner. There are a wide variety of trusts in which practitioners utilize ...

Upon becoming trustee of a trust, the trustee will frequently engage an attorney and seek advice from other advisors to assist them throughout the trust administration process. Many trustees accepting ...

For decades colleges have been administered through a system of shared governance. Although the meaning of the term is ambiguous, causing border skirmishes to break out periodically, shared governance ...

A trustee is a manager of assets in a trust. The grantor creates the trust and appoints the trustee. A trustee has a “fiduciary duty” to serve the grantor and not benefit personally. When the grantor ...

Having student representatives on Yuba Community College District’s Board of Trustees is one way to ensure the voices of the population it serves are heard when decisions are being made. In the ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about charitable giving and estate planning ideas. So, Aunt Jane just asked you to be the trustee of her trust. You were ...

With wills being written and reviewed as part of inheritance tax (IHT) and succession planning, it is vital to understand the role of the executor – the person responsible for managing the estate and ...