Protection of Family Assets & Trusts – Changes You Need to Know About Recently, in Caldwell & Caldwell [2025] FedCFamC1F 506 , the Federal Circuit and Family Court were asked to determine whether assets held in long-standing family trusts should be treated as property of the parties for the purposes of a property settlement. The husband came from a family that had operated a multi-generational business through discretionary trusts and companies since the early 1900’s. These t