Guides
Guides
These are general explanations of how trusts and private trust companies work, written so a family can sit with them before a meeting. They do not choose a trustee, a structure, or a state for you, and the decision at the end of each section still belongs with your counsel.
- Trusts and trustees
The settlor, the trustee, and the beneficiaries, and what the instrument is actually for.
9 min
- Kinds of trustee
A person, a bank, a trust company that serves the public, and a family's own company.
8 min
- Private trust companies in Wyoming
Wyoming's unregulated company and its chartered one, and who counts as family.
12 min
- Choosing a trustee
Directed trusts, control, decanting, fees, and the questions worth asking before anyone is named.
11 min
- Choosing a jurisdiction
How Wyoming compares with Nevada, South Dakota, Delaware, and Alaska, and why the people you already have usually matter more.
10 min
- Glossary
Short definitions of the words the guides use.
6 min