Uniform Voidable Transactions Act Adopted by ULC
Our Uniform Law Commission (ULC) unanimously adopted (this week) the Uniform Voidable Transactions Act.
Tag: contempt
CONTEMPT OF COURT – PART 2: Self-Created Impossibility Defense
This newsletter discusses contempt of court, and a new case that reaffirms the right to establish offshore trusts without fear of incarceration.
In re Marciano – an analysis of the impossibility defense in contempt
For the past two decades, naysayers jump at any case where a debtor is held in contempt and happens to have a trust, with the overt statement or implication that asset protection planning results in contempt. The most recent case drawing such attention comes to us from California in the form of Marciano, and close analysis reveals very different reasons for the debtor’s incarceration.
The Morris Case
A lengthy legal ordeal has finally ended for Merry Morris. Much has been written about her case, most of it inaccurate, according to Merry, whom we interviewed on September 25, 2008. We want to present the truth about her case, and what better source for the truth than Merry?
Contempt of Court
Civil contempt incarceration in the context of asset protection planning has been the subject of a tremendous amount of commentary. Some writers seem to have “an axe to grind” in this regard, as they present half-truths and innuendos as if they were the law.
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