Pot trusts (also called family pot trusts, discretionary trusts, or sprinkling trusts) are a type of trust where the trustee is allowed to give funds to the beneficiaries according to their relative needs. Pot trusts are created by parents...
family law
premarital agreement
A premarital agreement, also known as a prenuptial agreement or antenuptial agreement, is a contract made by the parties to a marriage prior to the marriage.
The agreement may determine matters such as one party's rights in...
prenuptial agreement
A prenuptial agreement, also known as antenuptial agreement, premarital agreement, or prenup, is a contract entered into prior to marriage setting the terms for separation. In general, provisions that tend to unreasonably encourage divorce or...
privacy
Overview:
There is a long and evolving history regarding the right to privacy in the United States. In the context of American jurisprudence, the Supreme Court first recognized the “right to privacy” in Griswold v. Connecticut (1965). Before...
professional guardian
Professional guardians are typically trained and licensed professionals who are paid to take care of incapacitated person, also known as the ward. Many professional guardians have backgrounds as lawyers, doctors, or social workers. They are...
putative
Putative means presumed, reputed, or supposed: generally accepted but not established.
Putative class actions are representative lawsuits filed by named plaintiffs on behalf of a class seeking class certification under Rule 23 of the...putative spouse doctrine
The putative spouse doctrine protects the financial and property interests of a putative spouse. A putative spouse is a person who unknowingly entered into an invalid marriage, believing in good faith that it is a valid marriage. The putative...
QDOT
QDOT is an abbreviation for qualified domestic trust, which is a trust created for a surviving spouse who is a non-U.S. citizen to qualify for the marital deduction. It allows a non-U.S. citizen married to a U.S. citizen to be eligible for an...
QDRO
QDRO is an abbreviation for qualified domestic relations order, which is a domestic relations order, i.e., a judgment, order, or decree for alimony, support, or marital property rights, and the domestic relations order must transfer all or...
QMCSO
QMCSO is an abbreviation for qualified medical child support order, which is an order made by a court or state administrative agency that an alternate beneficiary, such as a participant's child or stepchild, is entitled to be covered by the...