Gaslowitz Frankel’s founding partners, Adam Gaslowitz and Craig Frankel, have been honored with inclusion in The Best Lawyers in America© 2024 for Litigation – Trusts and Estates. In addition to this distinction, Mr. Frankel has been named 2024 “Lawyer of the Year” for Trusts and Estates Litigation in Atlanta. Best Lawyers© is the legal profession’s […]
Estate planning is a crucial aspect of securing assets and ensuring smooth transfer to your chosen beneficiaries. Trusts, in particular, are powerful tools that provide explicit instructions for managing and distributing wealth. However, when trust dispute issues arise, can you change beneficiaries in an irrevocable trust? It can be difficult to understand your rights as […]
Trusts are helpful tools to financially plan and secure a future for your loved ones. Among other purposes, they can hold assets for management by investment professionals, provide an income stream to designated beneficiaries, protect assets from spendthrift beneficiaries and creditors, provide an opportunity to transfer assets without the disclosures that probating an estate might […]
Trusts can be revocable (or changeable) or irrevocable. Trusts that are revocable during a settlor’s lifetime usually become irrevocable at the settlor’s death. Trusts may also be irrevocable from the time they are created. Regardless of when or how a trust becomes irrevocable, people often ask, “Can an irrevocable trust be contested?” What are Some […]
Fiduciary disputes are legal disputes involving someone with fiduciary duties — duties to behave in the best interests of another. When fiduciary disputes arise in the state of Georgia, the litigation attorneys at Gaslowitz Frankel have the expertise and experience to bring cases to satisfying conclusions. What Are Some Common Areas of Litigation Dispute? Trust […]
Trusts are powerful tools that trustors can use to manage their estates. Many parties, from the trustor to the beneficiaries and the trustee, are involved in a trust being managed and executed successfully. When one or more of those parties fail, and conflict arises, litigating parties must rely on knowledgeable and proficient legal counsel to […]
Trusts are some of the most powerful estate planning tools that one can utilize, offering a grantor the ability to control their estate by making tax planning decisions, controlling distribution, protecting against creditors, and exercising some control over their estate in the event of their death. Trusts are meant to carry out the wishes of […]
Trust disputes are complex cases, and because there are many people and emotions involved, disputes involving a trust can feel overwhelming without the right support. That means carefully selecting your counsel. The best trust litigation attorney will be one that has a proven track record, exhibits compassion, and understands your unique case. Five Things to […]
Trusts are powerful estate planning tools, as they provide specific management instructions for assets and wealth. Trusts can be revocable or irrevocable, the main difference being that revocable trusts are more easily altered while the grantor is alive. To modify an irrevocable trust, court permission is usually required. What is the Difference Between a Revocable […]
This year, Gaslowitz Frankel partners Craig Frankel and LeAnne Gilbert succeeded on a contested petition to modify an irrevocable trust. Trust disputes tend to surround either how the trust itself was created, or how the trust has been administered. The below case study demonstrates how litigation can be used to modify a trust. What Are […]
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