Irrevocable Trusts: A promising development

By Linda T. Cammuso: In our Fall 2013 issue, Volume 8, of Estate Preservation Law’s newsletter Bridging the Gap, we apprised readers “that the use of irrevocable trusts has met with resistance from the MassHealth agency in the application process. Although these...

Trusts: Scary or Empowering

I think I speak for many of my estate planning clients when I say the word “trust” makes them at least a little uneasy the first time they hear it.  So what’s the verdict?  Are trusts scary or empowering?  And, what are trusts anyway?  How do they work? Trusts are...