Trusts, Estates & Probate

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Gun Trusts 2026

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Arizona CLE Approved 1.5 Total
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Connecticut CLE Approved 1.5 Total
Delaware CLE Approved 1.5 Total
Florida CLE Approved 1 Total
Georgia CLE Approved 1.5 Total
Hawaii CLE Approved 1.5 Total
Iowa CLE Approved 1.5 Total
Illinois CLE Approved 1.5 Total
Indiana CLE Approved 1.5 Total
Kansas CLE Approved 1.5 Total
Kentucky CLE Approved 1.5 Total
Maine CLE Approved 1.5 Total
Minnesota CLE Approved 1.5 Total
Missouri CLE Approved 1.8 Total
Northern Mariana Islands CLE Approved 1.5 Total
Mississippi CLE Approved 1.5 Total
Montana CLE Approved 1.5 Total
North Dakota CLE Upon Request 1.5 Total
Nebraska CLE Approved 1.5 Total
New Hampshire CLE Approved 1.5 Total
New Jersey CLE Approved 1.8 Total
New Mexico CLE Approved 1.5 Total
Nevada CLE Approved 1.5 Total
New York CLE Approved 1.5 Total
Ohio CLE Approved 1.5 Total
Oklahoma CLE Approved 2 Total
Oregon CLE Approved 1.5 Total
Pennsylvania CLE Approved 1.5 Total
Rhode Island CLE Upon Request 1.5 Total
South Carolina CLE Approved 1.5 Total
Tennessee CLE Approved 1.5 Total
Texas CLE Approved 1.5 Total
Utah CLE Approved 1.5 Total
Virginia CLE Approved 1.5 Total
Vermont CLE Approved 1.5 Total
Washington CLE Approved 1.5 Total
Wisconsin CLE Approved 1.5 Total
West Virginia CLE Approved 1.8 Total
Wyoming CLE Approved 1.5 Total
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1 hours 28 minutes
Tod Leaven
With Tod M. Leaven from Leaven Law Firm
Recorded January 16, 2026.
Product ID 101508

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Overview

Tailor Your Estate Plans to Your Clients' Unique Assets

Handling such highly regulated assets like firearms requires close monitoring of the changing laws and very careful drafting. If done wrong, the use, ownership, and transfer of firearms is fraught with risk for civil and criminal liability. This legal update will give you current guidance on the effective use of trusts in passing these unique assets to beneficiaries. Register today!

  • Get an update on federal firearms laws and gauge the likely effects of ongoing legislation.
  • Review the latest versions of the ATF forms you'll need.
  • Walk through the key provisions of a gun trust.
  • Protect fiduciaries from liability when administering estates that include guns.

Abbreviated Agenda

  1. Does Your Client Need an NFA Trust? Pros, Cons, and Types of Gun Trusts
  2. ATF Form Requirements for Trusts
  3. Are the Beneficiaries Allowed to Hold NFA Items?
  4. Key Trust Provisions and Beneficiary Designations (With Examples)
  5. Why Properly Funding the NFA Trust Is So Important
  6. Gun Trust Administration, Preventing Trustee Liability
  7. Rules for Non-NFA Firearms as Estate Assets
  8. Guns in Probate: What Fiduciaries Must Know About Possession, Transport, and Sale

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Product ID 101508

Credit Details

Credits Available
Credit Status Total
Alaska CLE Reciprocity 1.5 Total
Alabama CLE Approved 1.5 Total
Arkansas CLE Approved 1.5 Total
Arizona CLE Approved 1.5 Total
California CLE Approved 1.5 Total
Colorado CLE Approved 2 Total
Connecticut CLE Approved 1.5 Total
Delaware CLE Approved 1.5 Total
Florida CLE Approved 1 Total
Georgia CLE Approved 1.5 Total
Hawaii CLE Approved 1.5 Total
Iowa CLE Approved 1.5 Total
Illinois CLE Approved 1.5 Total
Indiana CLE Approved 1.5 Total
Kansas CLE Approved 1.5 Total
Kentucky CLE Approved 1.5 Total
Maine CLE Approved 1.5 Total
Minnesota CLE Approved 1.5 Total
Missouri CLE Approved 1.8 Total
Northern Mariana Islands CLE Approved 1.5 Total
Mississippi CLE Approved 1.5 Total
Montana CLE Approved 1.5 Total
North Dakota CLE Upon Request 1.5 Total
Nebraska CLE Approved 1.5 Total
New Hampshire CLE Approved 1.5 Total
New Jersey CLE Approved 1.8 Total
New Mexico CLE Approved 1.5 Total
Nevada CLE Approved 1.5 Total
New York CLE Approved 1.5 Total
Ohio CLE Approved 1.5 Total
Oklahoma CLE Approved 2 Total
Oregon CLE Approved 1.5 Total
Pennsylvania CLE Approved 1.5 Total
Rhode Island CLE Upon Request 1.5 Total
South Carolina CLE Approved 1.5 Total
Tennessee CLE Approved 1.5 Total
Texas CLE Approved 1.5 Total
Utah CLE Approved 1.5 Total
Virginia CLE Approved 1.5 Total
Vermont CLE Approved 1.5 Total
Washington CLE Approved 1.5 Total
Wisconsin CLE Approved 1.5 Total
West Virginia CLE Approved 1.8 Total
Wyoming CLE Approved 1.5 Total
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  1. Gun Trusts 2026

    1. Does Your Client Need an NFA Trust? Pros, Cons, and Types of Gun Trusts
    2. ATF Form Requirements for Trusts
    3. Are the Beneficiaries Allowed to Hold NFA Items?
    4. Key Trust Provisions and Beneficiary Designations (With Examples)
    5. Why Properly Funding the NFA Trust Is So Important
    6. Gun Trust Administration, Preventing Trustee Liability
    7. Rules for Non-NFA Firearms as Estate Assets
    8. Guns in Probate: What Fiduciaries Must Know About Possession, Transport, and Sale

Who Should Attend

This timely legal course is designed for attorneys. Accountants, trust administrators, and paralegals may also benefit.

Speakers

Tod M Leaven
Tod M.
Leaven
Leaven Law Firm
Speaker bio
Tod M Leaven

Tod M. Leaven

Leaven Law Firm
Tod Leaven

is a partner at Leaven Law Firm, where he focuses his practice on Veterans law and firearms law. He served in the United States Army from 1998 to 2004, including the initial Kosovo Occupation with the 501st Military Intelligence Battalion, 1st Armored Division, and the Iraq War with the 3rd Squadron of the 7th Cavalry Regiment, 3rd Infantry Division. After his years of service, Mr. Leaven received his bachelor’s degree, summa cum laude, from the University of North Carolina at Asheville and his J.D. from the University of North Carolina School of Law and now an adjunct professor. He is admitted to practice law in North Carolina, Georgia, and Tennessee.

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