Article on Obscure Tennesee Opinion

Charles Epps Ipock, (St. Mary’s University School of Law) recentlypublished an article entitled, How an Obscure Tennessee Opinion Uncovers the Veil of Legal Malpractice Between Asset-Protection Trusts and the Uniform Trust Code , (In re Estate of Stidham, 2012 WL 3612386, 2012.) 3 St. Mary’s J. Legal Mal. & Ethics 308-318 (2013). Provided below is the introduction to the article:

In the year 2000, the Uniform Law Commissioners approved the Uniform Trust Code (UTC). This was the first effort to provide states with an all- inclusive model for codifying their trust laws. Since then, at least twenty -three states adopted some, or most of the UTC. However, provisions within the UTC regarding asset- protection trusts.