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Asset Protection Trusts (The Good, The Bad, The Uncertain) by Pamela K. Bergman

I. INTRODUCTION	1

II. STRUCTURE AND USE OF AN ASSET PROTECTION (APT)	3

III. FOREIGN APTs	5

IV. DOMESTIC APTs	8

V. CONFLICT OF LAWS POTENTIAL	11

VI. CONTROL OF APTs BY SETTLORS	13

VII. VALIDITY OF APTs	14

VIII. CREDITORS = RIGHTS AGAINST APTs	16

IX. LEGISLATIVE ATTEMPTS TO PREVENT APTs	21
A. The Small Business Job Protection Act of 1996 (SBA)	22
B. The Final Regulations	23
C. Uniform Trust Code	26

X. CONCLUSION	26

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Asset Protection Trusts (The Good, The Bad, The Uncertain) by Pamela K. Bergman

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