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A New Feudalism: Selfish Genes, Great Wealth, And The Rise Of The Dynastic Family Trust (Dft), Eric Kades Jan 2022

A New Feudalism: Selfish Genes, Great Wealth, And The Rise Of The Dynastic Family Trust (Dft), Eric Kades

Connecticut Law Review

Today’s record levels of economic inequality are infecting our future as the top 0.01% bequeath vast wealth to their descendants. With the death of the Rule Against Perpetuities (RAP), this inequality has the potential to harden social class lines—not just for a generation or two, but forever. Although it may sound implausible, interviews with estate lawyers serving very high-net-worth clients reveal that some members of the wealthiest tier of testators are already exploiting the RAP’s elimination, along with a tax loophole, to establish dynasty trusts that will financially empower their bloodline as long as it continues. Recent work in evolutionary …


Capacity For Lifetime And Estate Planning, Robert Whitman Apr 2013

Capacity For Lifetime And Estate Planning, Robert Whitman

Faculty Articles and Papers

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Can Estate Planners And Trust Administrators Offer Help To Trust Beneficiaries Who Want To Learn To Make Positive Life Planning Decisions, Robert Whitman Jul 2009

Can Estate Planners And Trust Administrators Offer Help To Trust Beneficiaries Who Want To Learn To Make Positive Life Planning Decisions, Robert Whitman

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Dealing Fairly With Estate And Trust Beneficiary Complaints, Robert Whitman Jan 2008

Dealing Fairly With Estate And Trust Beneficiary Complaints, Robert Whitman

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Sorting Out Receipts And Releases, Robert Whitman Oct 2007

Sorting Out Receipts And Releases, Robert Whitman

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Resolution Procedures To Resolve Trust Beneficiary Complaints, Robert Whitman Jan 2005

Resolution Procedures To Resolve Trust Beneficiary Complaints, Robert Whitman

Faculty Articles and Papers

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Flexible Fiduciary Accounting From The Outset Of Administration, Robert Whitman Jan 2004

Flexible Fiduciary Accounting From The Outset Of Administration, Robert Whitman

Faculty Articles and Papers

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Commentary: A Law Professor's Suggestions For Estate And Trust Reform, Robert Whitman Jan 1997

Commentary: A Law Professor's Suggestions For Estate And Trust Reform, Robert Whitman

Faculty Articles and Papers

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Exoneration Clauses In Wills And Trust Instruments, Robert Whitman Apr 1992

Exoneration Clauses In Wills And Trust Instruments, Robert Whitman

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Revocation And Revival: An Analysis Of The 1990 Revision Of The Uniform Probate Code And Suggestions For The Future, Robert Whitman Jan 1992

Revocation And Revival: An Analysis Of The 1990 Revision Of The Uniform Probate Code And Suggestions For The Future, Robert Whitman

Faculty Articles and Papers

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Preparing For The Future Of Probate In America, Robert Whitman Apr 1973

Preparing For The Future Of Probate In America, Robert Whitman

Faculty Articles and Papers

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National Fiduciary Accounting Study, Robert Whitman Oct 1972

National Fiduciary Accounting Study, Robert Whitman

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Tax Collection From Estates Of Nonresidents, Robert Whitman Jan 1968

Tax Collection From Estates Of Nonresidents, Robert Whitman

Faculty Articles and Papers

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