The Double-Whammy’d Charging Order: Forget About Protecting the Assets in that LLC

August 21, 2017

Once again, the confidence one may have in relying on an LLC created in the United States as being the untouchable storehouse where assets can be safely tucked away, is misplaced. In the new ruling in the case of Peach REO, LLC v. Rice, Peach REO, LLC sought to attach the LLC interests that Malcolm Rice owned in various LLCs (in Tennessee, Mississippi and Delaware).   This attachment of the LLCs was through a charging order. Continue reading

Concerns with Domestic Asset Protection Trusts as Viable Tools, Especially After the Kloiber Case

April 27, 2017

As I again read through the Delaware Court’s view in the recent Kloiber case about a Delaware trust that a divorcing spouse wanted to tap into as part of a divorce settlement, I could not help sense that the Delaware Court took every opportunity to suggest that Delaware law may not be available to protect the Delaware trust assets. Continue reading