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Asset Protection Trusts For Adult Children

COVID-19 lawsuits are filling the courthouses.  This comes after a long line of other lawsuits over home sales, the ADA, employment law, car accidents, unpaid bills, and let’s not forget divorce.  To protect adult children from losing generations of wealth, parents are leaving their inheritance to their children, in trust, with the adult child in […]

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Residential Purchase Contract As-Is Addendums

Home buyer’s remorse used to mean having some misgivings about the house purchase price paid and the monthly mortgage payments.  Today, it can mean a lawsuit against the home seller.  Sometimes, those lawsuits can be for hundreds of thousands of dollars.  In most cases, insurance does not cover the loss or even the defense.  For […]

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The HOA Insurance Coverage Two-Step

When damage occurs in condominiums or townhomes, one of the main questions is whose insurance is left holding the bag. Does the homeowner’s insurance pay? Or does the Homeowners Association’s?  An Association’s responsibilities are laid out in their Covenants, Conditions, and Restrictions (“CC&Rs” or “Declaration”). However, when it comes to allocating insurance responsibilities between homeowners […]

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Do I Need A Trust?

Perhaps the most asked question in our office is, do I need a trust as part of my Colorado estate plan?  The answer depends. There is no Colorado litmus test for who does or doesn’t need a trust.  There are certain factors that influence the decision.  Some clients specifically request an estate planning trust because […]

Properly Transferring Title I Firearms to Your Trust

The Colorado Red Flag bill is on its way to becoming law.  The Colorado Red Flag Bill allows the Court to issue an order requiring you to surrender your firearms.  As set forth in a previous article, your firearms trust may provide additional protection from confiscation.  For that reason, many people are transferring their Title […]

How to Purchase Firearms in Your Trust – Declaration of Contribution

We strongly recommend purchasing trust firearms using trust funds.  Using a trust financial account and saving the receipts properly documents the purchase by the trust. It is possible to properly document the firearm purchase without a separate trust financial account by using the Declaration of Contribution form provided with your trust, but many will find […]