Estate Planner Did Not Breach Duty By Failing to Disclose Basis of Fees

Estate Planner Did Not Breach Duty By Failing to Disclose Basis of Fees

Court affirms plan that reduced bequests to daughters of couple who established charitable remainder trusts

A charitable estate planning firm did not breach a fiduciary duty to a married couple by failing to disclose the full basis of their fee arrangement with charitable beneficiaries of the plan, a California Court of Appeal has affirmed.  Two daughters who sought to overturn the estate plan that reduced bequests to them have been rebuffed in a family fight over the estate.

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