What is a Qualified Domestic Trust (QDOT)?
A qualified domestic trust (QDOT) is a marital trust utilized for the benefit of a spouse that is not a U.S. citizen. This type of trust allows a non-U.S. citizen who is married to a U.S. citizen [...]
What is an Incentive Trust?
An incentive trust is a trust designed to encourage or discourage the occurrence of certain behaviors in the trust’s beneficiaries by using the distributions of the trust as an incentive. An [...]
What is Decanting a Trust?
A trust is an entity created by an individual (the settlor) to hold assets for the benefit of the trust’s beneficiaries, while a trustee is appointed to manage the trust. Decanting a trust is the [...]
