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Trusts, Estates, and Probate: How They Interact

Trusts, Estates, and Probate: How They Interact Trusts, estates, and probate are closely connected areas of law, but they describe different

Charitable Trusts and the Rule Against Perpetuities

Charitable Trusts and the Rule Against Perpetuities Charitable trusts occupy a distinctive position in trust law. Unlike ordinary private tr

Modification, Termination, and Revocation of Trusts

Modification, Termination, and Revocation of Trusts A trust is not necessarily fixed forever in the form in which it was originally created.

Breach of Trust and Trustee Liability

Breach of Trust and Trustee Liability A trust gives a trustee significant authority over property that ultimately belongs, in a beneficial s

Beneficiaries and Beneficial Ownership

Beneficiaries and Beneficial Ownership A trust divides property rights between the trustee and the beneficiary. The trustee generally holds

Trustees: Powers, Duties, and Fiduciary Responsibilities

Trustees: Powers, Duties, and Fiduciary Responsibilities A trustee occupies one of the most important and demanding positions in trust law.

Creating a Valid Trust: Intent, Property, and Beneficiaries

Creating a Valid Trust: Intent, Property, and Beneficiaries A trust is not created merely because someone says that another person should ma

Resulting, Constructive and Express Trusts

Express, Resulting, and Constructive Trusts Trusts do not all arise in the same way. Some are deliberately created by a person who intends t

What Is a Trust?

What Is a Trust? A trust is a legal arrangement in which property is held and managed by one person for the benefit of another. The person w

Equitable Defenses: Clean Hands, Laches, Estoppel, and Other Bars to Relief

Equitable Defenses: Clean Hands, Laches, Estoppel, and Other Bars to Relief A person may have a valid legal claim and still be denied equita

Equitable Remedies: Injunctions, Specific Performance, and Other Relief

Equitable Remedies: Injunctions, Specific Performance, and Other Relief When a person’s legal rights have been violated, money is often the

Maxims of Equity

The Maxims of Equity The maxims of equity are traditional principles that developed alongside the equitable jurisdiction of the English Cour

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