Program Chairs and Presenters
Melissa S. Kampmann
Ruder Ware, L.L.S.C.
Wausau
Randy S. Nelson
von Briesen & Roper, S.C.
Milwaukee
Presenters:
Jeff A. Goldman
DeWitt LLP
Madison
Peter E. Grosskopf
Grosskopf Law Office LLC
Eau Claire
Megan L.W. Jerabek
von Briesen & Roper, S.C.
Madison
David H. Patzer
Godfrey & Kahn, S.C.
Milwaukee
H. Wes Taylor
Foley & Lardner LLP
Madison
Shanna N. Yonke
Ruder Ware, L.L.S.C.
Wausau
8:00 a.m. : Registration
8:30 a.m. : Recent Developments in Estate Planning
- Federal case law
- Federal legislation
- Wisconsin case law
- Wisconsin legislation
H. Wes Taylor
9:45 a.m. : Break
10:00 a.m. : Fiduciary Accounting – What’s Old is New Again
- Uniform Fiduciary Income and Principal Act (UFIPA)
- Uses of unitrusts – conversion to and express
- Governing law
- Who is entitled to accountings
- Drafting suggestions
Randy S. Nelson
10:50 a.m. : Directed Trusts: Advantages of Dividing Administrative, Distribution, and Investment Roles
- Use as a flexible tool to separate the traditional role of a trustee into multiple distinct and specialized roles
- Attractive planning solutions for clients with special assets and circumstances
Melissa S. Kampmann, Shanna N. Yonke
11:40 a.m. : Lunch (on your own)
1:00 p.m. : Reviewing and Potentially Revising “Irrevocable Trusts” under the Wisconsin Trust Code
- Decanting
- Non-Judicial Settlements
- Trust Protectors
- Court Proceedings
David H. Patzer
1:50 p.m. : What every estate planner should know about special needs trusts
- Issue spotting – what estate planners should be aware of
- Can you prepare the necessary documents?
- When is referral to another attorney appropriate?
Peter E. Grosskopf
2:40 p.m. : Break
2:55 p.m. : What’s Yours is Mine… Or Maybe Not? The Use of Marital Property Agreements in Estate Planning
- Wisconsin’s marital property law
- Marital property agreements and their enforcement
- Until we say “I don’t” – marital property planning for divorce
- ‘Til death do us part – marital property planning for death
Megan L.W. Jerabek
3:45 p.m. : Fiduciary Litigation Trends that Impact Estate Planners
- MacLeish v. Boardman – expansion of liability to administration using the Auric standard and using purpose and intent clauses in trusts or wills
- Trustee provisions regarding assets and investments - pitfalls of boiler plate provisions
- Judicial review of an agent’s actions under Wis. Stat. 244.16 – what planners should know about gifting and compensation
Jeff A. Goldman
4:45 p.m. : Program Concludes
Following program start times, webcast replay schedule will vary slightly from above listed times.
- Hear about the latest revisions included in the Uniform Fiduciary Principal and Income Act (UFPIA)
- Assess whether and how to decant a trust
- Help your clients provide for individuals with special needs in their estate plans
- Find out how to effectively utilize directed trusts
- Discover potential pitfalls of using boilerplate language in trust documents
- Understand ways to challenge or defend a marital property agreement
- Get your state and federal estate planning legislation and case law update
- Estate planning practitioners
- Probate lawyers
- Elder law attorneys
- Family law practitioners
- General practitioners
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