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Cemetery Care Funds: Virginia and Georgia Join the Unitrust Movement

By Bill Stalter on June 29, 2017
Posted in Care Funds, Cemeteries

Effective July 1st, the cemetery laws of Virginia and Georgia are each amended to authorize fixed distributions from cemetery perpetual care trusts.  They join Florida, Tennessee, Michigan, Missouri and Iowa in embracing some form of the unitrust option for cemetery care fund distributions.  The unitrust option is a dramatic departure from the net…

William Stalter is the founder of Stalter Legal Services and the Preneed Resource Company. Bill focuses his law practice on preneed and death care compliance, serving banks, funeral homes, crematories, and cemeteries. He has written multiple published articles…

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