Are alter ego trusts a standard estate planning tool?
British Columbia, Canada
The following excerpt is from Volovsek v Donaldson, 2019 BCSC 1820 (CanLII):
It is not disputed that alter ego trusts are standard estate planning tools used to achieve estate planning objectives: Mordo v. Nitting et al, 2006 BCSC 1761.
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