Family Trusts
500 Years of Generational Success or Shirtsleeves-to-Shirtsleeves: How Long Will Your Legacy Survive?
The fact that family wealth rarely, if ever, survives through more than three generation is a belief that spans the globe and almost all of recorded history. As far back as 2,000 years ago, Chinese philosophy was that “Wealth never survives three generations.” Medieval England put it this way: “Clogs to clogs in three generations,”…
Read More500 Years of Generational Success or Shirtsleeves-to-Shirtsleeves: How Long Will Your Legacy Survive?
The fact that family wealth rarely, if ever, survives through more than three generation is a belief that spans the globe and almost all of recorded history. As far back as 2,000 years ago, Chinese philosophy was that “Wealth never survives three generations.” Medieval England put it this way: “Clogs to clogs in three generations,”…
Read MoreMichael Jackson's Estate Illustrates Importance of Creating the Right Type of Trust
We have previously discussed how important it is to set up a Family Trust to protect your assets and legacy for your heirs. However, choosing the type of trust to create is equally as important, as the heirs to pop superstar Michael Jackson’s estate are finding out. As with other deceased celebrities, such as Jimi…
Read MorePest Control Magnate Needed to Work the Bugs Out of His Family Trusts
An ongoing battle in the Georgia courts surrounding the estate of O. Wayne Rollins, the late co-founder of Rollins Inc., a large pest control corporation, illustrates that having a Family Trust in place at the time of your death will not guarantee an easy transition of wealth to the heirs of the estate. As this…
Read MorePest Control Magnate Needed to Work the Bugs Out of His Family Trusts
An ongoing battle in the Georgia courts surrounding the estate of O. Wayne Rollins, the late co-founder of Rollins Inc., a large pest control corporation, illustrates that having a Family Trust in place at the time of your death will not guarantee an easy transition of wealth to the heirs of the estate. As this…
Read MoreWhat Is A Family Trust?
A family trust is usually intended to either honor and/or provide for family. Nearly every kind of trust that does not have a charity and non-family members as beneficiaries is considered a "family trust" of some kind. A family trust anticipates a connection with others that is usually blood-based. But when one drills down more…
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