Article: Parent Fiduciary Breach

Robert Flannigan recently published an article entitled, Parent Fiduciary Breach , Wills, Trusts, & Estates Law ejournal (2021). Provided below is the abstract to the Article.

Parents who serve as trustees, and solicitors who draft trusts that involve family relations, may need to address whether parents are free to entertain conflicts and benefits that may be attributable to parent status. I discuss in broad terms the kinds of conflicts and benefits that normally should not be objectionable. The definitive consideration is the social definition of when parent access is a limited access.