by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Jan 28, 2015 | Archived, Firearm Legacy
I skipped SHOT Show this year, so am getting this second-hand from Oklahoma gun trust attorney Matthew Riggin: I attended the SHOT show last week and visited with the agents at the ATF booth to ask this very question. ATF confirmed that they had 9500 comments to...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Jan 27, 2015 | Firearm Legacy
I was interviewed for this InvestmentNews article on gun trusts: http://www.investmentnews.com/article/20150114/FREE/150119965/bullseye-how-gun-trusts-can-hit-the-mark-with-clients-estate-planning I was quoted briefly in the article, and they asked me to write a...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Jan 9, 2015 | Archived, Firearm Legacy
A few months ago I attended the America’s Top Planner event here in Orange County which attracted major influencers from around the country to learn new planning techniques in a novel format. ATP interviewed me for an idea submission and this is the result:...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Oct 31, 2014 | Firearm Legacy
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by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Sep 6, 2014 | Estate Planning, Firearm Legacy
This short video illustrates some of the handgun drills we practice in our Family Protection Clinic, where in addition to firearm training you get a recap of California gun law and learn of recent developments in estate planning. Learn about real family protection and...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Aug 18, 2014 | Archived, Firearm Legacy
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by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Aug 18, 2014 | Archived, Firearm Legacy
[UPDATE: Another reason to have a gun trust: This memo warns that gun owners using a common revocable joint living trust may be at even more risk of incurring criminal liability.] Although gun trusts are now a popular means of obtaining Title II weapons...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Aug 18, 2014 | Family Maintenance
Do you plan to make UNEQUAL distributions to your kids? Are you worried that one or more of your children may challenge your estate plan or any particular transfer or change in beneficiary you have made, or a particular loan arrangement you have made with a child who...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Aug 18, 2014 | Archived, Firearm Legacy
An excerpt of the following article was posted in opposition to ATF’s Proposed Rule 41P. (Originally published 9/2/2013) Seems I am always working on Labor Day. This year, it’s reviewing the latest nonsense to arise by Executive Order in the Obama Nation. Last...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Aug 18, 2014 | Creditors & Predators, Firearm Legacy, Spendthrift Children, Tax Planning
An irrevocable inter vivos trust (IRT) is a trust created during the settlor’s lifetime, over which settlor retains no power to alter, amend or revoke. Although RLT’s typically become irrevocable on the settlor’s death, they are not called irrevocable trusts. Trusts...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Aug 18, 2014 | Career Maintenance, Career Preparation, Charity, Family Maintenance, Financial Mentorship, Firearm Legacy, Pet Protection, Punishment, Religious Faith
If you have either life insurance or accumulated wealth, you may want to create a safety net for your children. Planning is critical if your children are young, in case something happens to you before they are ready to face life on their own without the benefit of...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Aug 18, 2014 | Career Maintenance, Career Preparation, Charity, Family Maintenance, Financial Mentorship, Punishment, Religious Faith
Incentive trusts are designed with the purpose of influencing behavior of the beneficiaries. The type and scope of these provisions is limited only by the imagination of the drafter, and a few more practical limits such as the assets required for implementation...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Aug 18, 2014 | Pet Protection
Many pet owners are concerned about how their pets will be cared for after the owner dies or becomes incapacitated. Existing estate plans can be easily modified to at least partially address this problem. A client’s durable power of attorney and/or revocable living...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Aug 17, 2014 | Archived, Firearm Legacy
Why EVERY gun owner should have a gun trust; avoiding accidental felonies; carrying on a legacy of firearm training, etc. Gun trusts can also be drafted with incentive provisions for carrying on the firearm legacy. Gun trusts are purpose-built to hold guns. The...
by Dave Duringer - Protective Law Corp | Aug 17, 2014 | Family Protection, Firearm Legacy, GunLaw.Pro
[UPDATE: For the last three years (since August 2016) I have not generally recommended the lifetime funding of gun trusts in California. Passage of AB 1292 in July 2019 has significantly enabled and clarified use of gun trusts — however, there are limits under the new...