Program Date: Friday, September 8, 2017
Speakers: Joshua S. Miller of CIBC Atlantic Trust Private Wealth Management and Caroline Spillane Sacks of Ropes & Gray LLP.
Program Chairs: David L. Silvian of Day Pitney LLP and Heidi A. Seely of Rackemann, Sawyer & Brewster, co-Chairs of the Estate Planning Committee.
Materials: To view the program materials, click here.
Summary of Program Topic: The program provided an overview of considerations for an estate planner to protect a client’s assets in the event of a child’s divorce. The panelists provided practice tips, discuss M.G.L. chapter 208 § 34 and Vaughan affidavits, and highlighted some considerations for practitioners in light of the recent SJC decisions Pfannenstiehl v. Pfannenstiehl and Ferri v. Powell-Ferri.