Posts by Rick Durfee
Donor Advised Fund Family Foundation
What is a Donor Advised Fund? A Donor Advised Fund (or “DAF”) is the quickest, easiest, and most cost effective way for anyone to establish a charitable Family Foundation. Among other benefits, it enables families to focus on the fun and meaningful activities (charitable giving), and outsource the tedious issues (accounting, IRS compliance, tax reporting,…
Read MoreLimited Partnership – Legal Services
Limited Partnership (LP, LLP, LLLP) With rare exceptions, when we form a LP, we prepare complete documentation as needed for the LP to operate, function, and carry out its intended business purposes. Often, a Business Limited Partnership will operate as a “Family Bank” and serve as a parent entity to own other assets and subsidiary…
Read MoreIrrevocable Family Fortress Dynasty Trust – Legal Services
Irrevocable Family Fortress Dynasty Trust Irrevocable Family Fortress Dynasty Trust – Legal Services include establishing an an Irrevocable Dynasty Trust outside of taxable estate with provisions for life insurance, multi-generation capital growth and preservation, gifting, and income provisions. Such a Trust becomes valuable and important in legal planning when 1) the estate is over the…
Read MoreRevocable Living Dynasty Trust – Legal Services
Revocable Living Dynasty Trust Revocable Living Dynasty Trust – Legal Services look beyond merely avoiding probate and/or reducing estate taxes. It is all about what your estate planning is going to do to your family or designated beneficiaries over time. Not every family needs multi-generation planning. However, it is often impossible to determine up front…
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