{"id":89077,"date":"2021-09-29t13:00:49","date_gmt":"2021-09-29t17:00:49","guid":{"rendered":"\/\/www.g005e.com\/?p=89077"},"modified":"2021-12-02t22:47:24","modified_gmt":"2021-12-03t03:47:24","slug":"kansas-court-ira-hazard","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"\/\/www.g005e.com\/2021\/09\/29\/kansas-court-ira-hazard\/","title":{"rendered":"a woman named wanda leaves an ira nightmare"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"why estate planners may now need to re-think an uncountable number of revocable trusts in at least 30 jurisdictions.<\/strong><\/p>\n

by seymour goldberg, cpa, mba (taxation), jd
\nthe practitioner\u2019s guide to the ira distribution rules under the secure act<\/a>
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a kansas court case may make it necessary to redo many ira trusts and change them from revocable<\/em> trusts to irrevocable<\/em> trusts, affecting an untold number of estate plans in at least 30 jurisdictions. the case revolves around a woman named wand and a $93,314.48 promissory note to a bank.<\/p>\n

wanda was living in a retirement home and getting by on medicaid when she died in 2003, leaving an estate that owed more than it owned. wanda’s ira accounts were set up to be payable to her revocable trust. but the court ruled that, because the estate’s assets were inadequate, the bank could seize wanda’s ira accounts.<\/p>\n

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so, from an asset protection point of view, it may be worthwhile to use an irrevocable<\/em> standalone trust, instead of a revocable<\/em> standalone trust, as the beneficiary of an ira account. this may be especially true in jurisdictions that have adopted versions of the uniform trust code.<\/p>\n

the reason this case is so important is that during an ira owner’s lifetime, ira accounts are protected from creditors, except the irs, of course. but there has never been a case prior to the kansas case in which the deceased ira owner\u2019s creditors \u2013 other than the irs \u2013 could collect from a beneficiary of a deceased ira owner\u2019s ira account unless the beneficiary the ira account of the deceased ira owner was his or her estate.<\/p>\n

since many attorneys in the u.s. use revocable<\/em> trusts in estate planning and not irrevocable<\/em> trusts, there may be many revocable trusts that have been selected as the ira owner\u2019s beneficiary of his or her ira account. based on the kansas case, it may be necessary to review an uncountable number of trusts and change them from revocable<\/em> to irrevocable<\/em> trusts.<\/p>\n

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