by Joel Roettger | Jan 26, 2019 | Estate Planning, Probate, Trusts, Uncategorized
Does Tennessee’s anti-lapse statute apply when the remainder beneficiary of a trust dies before the trust terminates? No. Tennessee’s anti-lapse statute is a savings clause for bequests. It states: Whenever the devisee or legatee or any member of a class...
by Joel Roettger | Apr 11, 2017 | Asset Protection, Estate Planning, Trusts, Uncategorized
Some easy to overlook statutes in the Tennessee Trust Code can save a poorly drafted trust with an interested trustee from inadvertent taxation and creditor exposure. An interested trustee is a trustee who is also a beneficiary of the trust. If the trust instrument...
by Joel Roettger | Jun 26, 2013 | Uncategorized
Mahogany Paulino Jenkins has joined Gentry, Tipton & McLemore, P.C. as an associate. Her primary practice areas will be corporate and business law and real estate. Prior to joining the firm, Ms. Jenkins worked as an estate planning and trust administration...
