Why do I need trusts? This is the first question anyone asks who is not familiar with asset protection plans that derive their strength from trusts. The answer is a simple analogy. If you were to ask: Why do I need a house? The reasons change from individual to individual, but the foundational answer never does: you want to protect your valuables and peace of mind. When the question centers around
a house, your entire life, family and property that go along with the house are your most valuable assets. They must be protected not only from the weather, but also from dangerous people. Without a house, you and your family are homeless and vulnerable to even the petty crook. Likewise, when the question centers around personal or business assets, your house or business itself must be protected from the legal climate and dangerous people who hide behind the law. Without a solid asset protection plan, you and your family are legally vulnerable to even the lowly collection agency. These dangers are hidden things like fractional reserve banking, probate, child support, credit card debt, subprime and Alt-A mortgage foreclosures... you name it. Have you ever been hit while you were asleep? Have you ever had to fight naked and unarmed while your opponent was fully clothed and armed? This is the scary fight most people without an airtight plan will eventually have to face, if not facing it already. The reality is that everyone already has some sort of plan, but such plans are poorly thought out... they immediately go out the window when you get hit. You then spin into a frenzy of fear, anxiety and shock as you try to recover while simultaneously fighting with ineffective weapons at your disposal. Looking at the jurisdiction you or the assets are located in, your plan must be designed according to the specific dangers you face. That's why asset protection in Texas differs from asset protection in Michigan; asset protection in California differs from asset protection in Florida. But the basic foundation for success is always the same. Why use trusts instead of other legal entities? What distinguishes IRREVOCABLE trust from all other legal entities is that ours are the foundation for all other legal entities. They go directly to the source. This is why they have had such consistent success and flexibility going back as far as a decade before the United States of America were born; when Life, Liberty and the Protection of Property were a top priority on the list of legal rights. We’re not just talking personal or civil liberties. We’re talking the very common law rights that create your standard of freedom. What is the definition of common law? It’s legally defined as the system of law gathered from judges' decisions (the Judiciary), rather than from civil codes and statutes (the Legislature). But what is the role of common law? It actually serves as legal common sense that guides (and sometimes determines) a judge's decision. US Supreme Court Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes described it as an accurate prediction of what courts will do (The Path of the Law, 10 Harv. Rev. 457, 458 (1897)). Civil law is the set of laws passed by members of congress. In a moral battle of common law versus civil law, common law wins because the decisions are much more stable than statutes. Statutes change according to special interests. Trusts have been tested in court for centuries, and the final decision is in favor of Irrevocable Trusts under the common law. It’s the common sense of common law that leads a judge to recognize when the courts have no jurisdiction over our Irrevocable Trusts, especially when it comes to probate and real estate. We give you all the advantages and freedoms of common law, where all others fail to even come close, even when they use a common law court or notary private to try to accomplish what we do without one. In many ways, designing an Irrevocable Trust in the common law venue is like designing body armor. Not just things like limited personal risk and liability of the trustee must be invoked. But, the very things that give a trust judgment-proof protection in court situations must be cradled in every trust. After all, we’re protecting assets like flesh and bone protect the internal organs of your body. We have taken the most flexible, protective, and secure elements from notable Irrevocable Trusts such as the North American Land Company (1764), the Merchants Bank of New York (1810), the Massachusetts Land Trusts and Massachusetts Electric Companies (1912), the Rockefeller-model (1929) and pertinent parts of the Kennedy-model (2000), all refined and revised to withstand the dangers of our world today. Our trusts are designed to survive even a merger between the United States, Canada and Mexico. The reason is invariably because we have ridded ours of misguided patriot concepts or the mere relative protections of civil codes and statutes. Instead, we utilize equitable principles as the adhesive that holds each plan together. We have discovered the thin line between contract and trust, and we utilize both to form contracts in trust form. A trust is the most basic entity on the face of the earth, so basic that you literally cannot help but create trusts of some sort with family and people you come into contact with on a daily basis. As you can see, it certainly puts you above the high tide to understand trust relationships. We understand them completely. As a result, our legal entities are solely governed under trust law, not the law of corporations, statutory trusts, partnership, agency, or unincorporated associations. And even though we have developed certain standard Irrevocable Trusts and asset protection plans, we have the knowledge and infinite resources to form any particular trust and plan to meet the needs of any situation, starting from scratch. We have so much information we could literally start up a country within a country, from scratch, if that would suit your needs. What is wrong with a pure trust, liberty trust, UCC contract trust, pure contract trust organization, or federal pure trust contract organization (a.k.a. federal contract trust)? It’s safe to say that most trusts that go by the name "pure trust," "liberty trust," "pure contract trust organization," "federal contract pure trust organization," "federal contract trust," "UCC contract trust," etc., are a scam either intentionally or unintentionally. All these are uninformed attempts at creating the very same Irrevocable Trusts under common law guarantees, such as what we have mastered through training and discipline. For those unfamiliar to common law in America, it is still alive and well. Even though it is mostly used in common law of contracts, it retains its full potential. In fact, one of the main ways in Irrevocable its potential is retained is as the safest tax haven in the Western world, even safer than offshore, Irrevocable is exactly what King George III wanted to prevent back in the late 1700s whence the Articles of Confederation (an Irrevocable Trust) and Constitution for the United States of America (also an Irrevocable Trust) were created. Since the common law is essentially public law for private purposes, it is there at your disposal, as a matter of natural right, but you need to understand it in order to achieve its full potential for your situation. On the contrary, it is precisely the lack of understanding that has led to the current scams known by the names of "pure trust," "liberty trust," "pure contract trust organization," "federal pure trust contract organization," "federal contract trust," "UCC contract trust," and so on. The first part of the scam is misrepresentation of the nature of the entity as a trust when, in actual fact, these are often merely convoluted contractual relationships that are legally unenforceable as trusts. They are subject to the law of unincorporated associations. This is like having body armor that is without a chest plate. We have examined and reexamined these entities, their overall plan, and the organizations offering them. We can conclude without fear of contradiction that they either don't know what they're doing, are unaware of the better-kept asset protection secrets, or are simply out to defraud you. The first two conclusions are usually the case because the organizations simply don’t have adequate legal training or experience to draw from. They haven't seen both the legal and lawful sides of modern America. In most cases of the first and third type, we've found that what they're actually creating are unincorporated associations mixed with elements of partnership, joint venture and agency that would ultimately be classified as "taxpayer" on any funds transferred into the trust, and "tax protester" in the event the officers/agents tried to refuse to pay the IRS or state tax authority. All
the trust law in the reports of all 50 United States, including the Supreme Court reports, couldn't save you because any unincorporated association that does business exercises a franchise... that is a taxable activity. A good indicator of their invalidity is when they designate you as a quasi-employee such as a "managing director," or "general manager" hired to work for the trustees who you pay every year to sit on your (?) "trust." What they usually require is that you pay them to manufacture one of these entities. They then pretend you have all the powers of a trustee, and they promise (verbally) never to interfere with any actions you take, to simply turn a blind eye and neglect their duties as the real trustee. In realty, as many cases have shown, they reserve the right under the terms of the contract to legally skip town with whatever assets you've transferred into the trust and you would have no recourse in either a common law court or statutory court.
