Enforcing Spousal Support Judgements Against Trusts

In his article for Bloomberg Tax, HBH Principal Andrew Verriere examines the California Court of Appeal’s Breslin v. Breslin decision and the expanded authority of trial courts in trust proceedings.

What questions should an attorney ask before hiring someone to prepare a client’s fiduciary accounting? What are the indicia of a poorly prepared accounting? Are waivers of account ever a good idea? Should the trust document routinely waive accountings?  Ever? Is there anything a trustee’s attorney can do to shorten the statute of limitations on breaches of trust disclosed in an accounting?

Senior Associate Dave Parnall tackles the issue of enforcing support judgments against trusts in a n[..]