Trustee Disputes

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Nobel Peace Prize’s Breach of Trust?

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Norwegian lawyer Fredrik Heffermehl thinks the Nobel Foundation has blatantly ignored the intentions of Alfred Nobel for his namesake Peace Prize. Nobel’s will stipulated that the prize be awarded to the ”most worthy champions of peace”. Specifically it should go to “the person who shall have done the most or the best work for fraternity between nations, for the abolition or reduction of standing armies and for the holding and….

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Charitable Giving, Contested wills, Philanthropy/Charitable Giving, Trustee Disputes

CRA Collections: Dealing With Some of the Myths

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As a trustee or executor of an estate, you may find yourself managing existing or future tax disputes with the Canada Revenue Agency (“CRA”) and the collections department of the CRA at the same time. In a blog written by Peter Aprile of Countertax Lawyers entitled the Canada Revenue Agency Collection Department & Paying Tax Debts in dispute, some issues and related myths were addressed which you may find useful….

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Canada Revenue Agency, Estate Administration, Estate Administration and Probate Applications, Estate Litigation, Estate Planning, Executors, Passing Of Trustees’ and Executors’ Accounts, Tax Issues, Trustee, Trustee Disputes, Trusts, Wills

Rosa Parks’ Estate Tied Up in Litigation as Her Memorabilia Goes to Auction

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Almost six years after her death, the estate of civil rights hero Rosa Parks is still being litigated. Court pleadings recently filed with the Michigan Supreme Court reveal details over the fight for control over her estate.

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Contested wills, Estate Litigation, Estate Planning, Executors, Trustee, Trustee Disputes, United States, Wills

In the case of discretion, absolute is not absolute.

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It is trite to say that once a trustee is appointed and accepts the office, s/he becomes subject to the duties and powers of that office. A trustee’s liability, in the event that he is found to have breached his/her duties, or exceeded his/her powers, is personal. ….

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Estate Administration, Executors, Liability, Trustee, Trustee Disputes
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