Sponsored by Value, Inc. and Armanino LLP

This presentation will explore the world of trusts used for asset protection and wealth preservation.  Attendees will learn the essentials of (i) self-settled trusts which contain enforceable creditor protections, (ii) third party discretionary trusts, and (iii) “hybrid” asset protection trusts.  These types of trusts are commonly created in jurisdictions like South Dakota, Nevada, Delaware, and Alaska, for residents of other states like Texas.  The presentation will cover the unique advantages, disadvantages, and options available for asset protection trusts in South Dakota, and the current status of the law in regard to these trusts.  The presenter will also cover the legal and non-legal practicalities of how to create the trust, fund the trust, and find your client a local administrative trustee. Andrew J. Knutson has focused his practice for the last 11 years in the areas of Trusts, Wills, Estate and Elder Planning, Asset Protection, and Business law.  He was formerly a partner at a South Dakota law firm in Rapid City, SD, and has recently relocated to Sioux Falls, SD, where he is the managing attorney at Thompson Law, P.C. Andrew graduated from the University of Iowa College of Law where he was a Law Merit Scholar. During law school, he was a research assistant to Professor Sheldon Kurtz, helping research and edit a book on Wills, Trusts, and Estates. Andrew earned his Bachelor’s degree from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln.

Continuing education credits pending for State Bar, CPA, CFP

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We would like to thank the following Sponsors for their support for 2019-2020:  American Cancer Society, Armanino, Bank of Texas, Communities Foundation of Texas, Frost Bank, Glast Phillips & Murray,  Leu & Peirce, Lee Financial Corporation, Lindquist Eisenberg LLP, North Dallas Bank & Trust, PlainsCapital Bank, Merrill Lynch (The Maynard Group), Regions Bank, Texas Bank & Trust, The Catholic Foundation and Value, Inc.

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