Ryan Szczepanik presented to the Sacramento Bar Association: Tax Strategies and Implications when Settling a Trust or Estate Dispute. Litigators and administration attorneys alike can fall into a variety of tax pitfalls when resolving a dispute. This presentation will help spot potential issues and provide solutions for resolving them to your client’s benefit.
Ryan will discuss a litigator’s perspective to conflicts that estate planners often encounter, including representing clients with mental capacity that may appear impaired, representing clients who want to make a gift to an individual identified in Probate Code section 21380 thereby invoking the presumption that the gift is the product of fraud or undue influence, and representing clients in circumstances where it appears a child or another may have undue influence over them, particularly where there are any questions of favoritism.
Private Judge Trust Litigation Trials
More people than ever are becoming elderly with diminishing capacity, an absence of close family members nearby to care for them, and the potential for disfavoring heirs in asset distribution.