Ethics Issues in Trust Administration
Date: Tuesday, December 8, 2015
Time: 11:30am - 1:00pm
Location: Minnehaha Country Club
Speaker: Cannon Teleconference
Sustained success in trust administration requires a high degree of sensitivity to those situations in which estate planning professionals could stumble into ethics difficulties. Adhering to a strong standard of practice will help avoid ethics complaints and lawsuits related to trust administration. During this teleconference, we will discuss the following important issues:
- Duties owed to non-client beneficiaries by lawyers representing trustees
- Conflicts that may arise from representing co-trustees
- Ethics concerns for lawyers who serve as trustees
- Propriety of seeking releases from beneficiaries upon termination of trust
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