Money protection techniques #assetprotectionplanning

2 Jul 2023 · 1 min

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In this brief monologue, the speaker outlines three primary strategies for safeguarding personal wealth from potential claims such as lawsuits, divorce, or Medicaid recovery. The first strategy is a domestic asset protection trust, which offers legal protection while allowing the beneficiary to access funds, but is only recognized in about 17‑18 U.S. states. The second strategy is a foreign (offshore) asset protection trust, created outside the United States, which provides the strongest protection and is legal when used for legitimate assets. The third strategy is a Medicaid Asset Protection Trust, designed to shield assets from Medicaid’s recovery of long‑term care costs; however, assets must remain in the trust for at least five years before the protection becomes effective. The speaker emphasizes the legitimate reasons for using these tools and notes each method’s key advantage and limitation.

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There are lots of valid and justifiable reasons why you might want to keep your money hidden and protected. Lawsuits, future ex-spouses, Medicaid, whatever it may be. Here are 3 ways to do it. The first way is a domestic asset protection trust. But this type of trust provides protection and you can access the funds as a permissible beneficiary of the trust. The downside to these, they're only legal in 17 or 18 states. The next way, a foreign asset protection trust. You may have heard it referred to as an offshore trust. These trusts offer the greatest protection because they are created outside of the United States. These are not illegal and they are not created for illegally gotten money. The third way is a Medicaid Asset Protection Trust. These trusts are created to protect assets from Medicaid recovery if long-term care is needed in the future. The downside to a Medicaid Asset Protection Trust is that the asset has to be in there for 5 years before it is protected from Medicaid.