
91 year ago a farmer established a charitable trust with $100,00.00 dollars to build an orphanange. What is that $100,000.00 worth today and how is it used since an local orphange is no longer needed. This article examines some good and bad news about trusts and how they work when the purpose for which they were established is no longer appropriate. In such cases, court apply the doctrine of cy pres to help them to apply the trusts for an alternative purpose that would have been acceptable to the person creating the charitable trust. Click here for more on how trusts can grow through time and how courts deal with changing charible needs.| David M. Frees is Chairman of the Trust, Estates, and Wealth Preservation section of Unruh, Turner Burke and Frees with offices serving all of South Eastern Pennsylvania including Chester County, Montgomery County, Berks and Bucks counties, Philadelphia and Lancaster counties. David Free s is rated highly by Martidale.com and has attained the highest rating by AVVO of 10 (Superb) on a scale of 1-10.David meets with many clients each week and in order to give them his full attention, he is not always available to reply immediately to cell phone or email requests. Immediate assistance can always be reached at 610-933-8069.
David M. Frees IIIdfrees@utbf.com 610-9338069 David Frees is a prolific author on legal topics and in addition to the articles and blogs featured on this site, please feel free to view his postings at http://www.utbf.com/trust-estate |
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Phone: (610) 933-8069
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