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    Categories: Arbitration, Business law, Manifest Disregard, Real Estate, South Carolina

    Can an Arbitration Award be Appealed? Vacatur, Manifest Disregard, and the Waldo Case in SC

    Arbitration is by usually binding, meaning the arbitrator’s decision is final and the parties must legally abide by it. Since arbitration is type of Alternative Dispute Resolution that happens outside the judicial system, courts are reluctant to “vacate” an arbitrator’s decision. Most of the time, the decision stands. But in [...]

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  • Categories: Directed trusts, Trusts

    What is a Directed Trust, and When Do You Need One?

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  • Categories: Buy-Sell Agreement, IRS, Taxes

    Can Buy-Sell Agreements Determine Business Value for Tax Purposes? The IRS Says…

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  • Categories: Family Investment Company, IRS, Taxes

    The Family Investment Company: Benefits and Risks (Avoid These 3 Mistakes)

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  • Categories: Choice of fiduciary, Directed trusts, Trust protector, Trusts

    Pros and Cons of Family Friend vs. Corporate Trustee and Why Choice of Fiduciary Matters

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  • Categories: Directed trusts, Trusts

    What is a Directed Trust, and When Do You Need One?

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    Can Buy-Sell Agreements Determine Business Value for Tax Purposes? The IRS Says…

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    Categories: Family Investment Company, IRS, Taxes

    The Family Investment Company: Benefits and Risks (Avoid These 3 Mistakes)

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  • Categories: Estate Tax, South Carolina

    Did You Know? SC Estates Over $600,000 Must Be Reported to the SCDOR

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  • Categories: Disinheritance, Estate Planning, South Carolina, Wills

    Can I Disinherit My Child? Strategies for Disinheriting a Child from Your Will

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