Wyoming Structures
for Lasting Protection.
For clients who need a domestic layer of protection, Calvary offers Wyoming trust planning built on some of the most favorable trust legislation in the country, designed to hold up when it matters most.
Wyoming Planning Options
Wyoming has built some of the most favorable trust legislation in the country. Calvary offers the structures below to clients who need a strong domestic layer of asset protection, drawn together with the rest of your plan.
Qualified Spendthrift Trust
A self-settled trust that can let a grantor remain a beneficiary while shielding assets from future creditors, structured to define each beneficiary’s proportionate share from the outset.
- Common where a divorce, remarriage, or death could otherwise unsettle an estate
- Typically set up within a few weeks once the plan is finalized
Wyoming Asset Protection Trust
A domestic asset protection vehicle that uses Wyoming’s short challenge window and creditor protections to separate personal and family assets from professional or business exposure.
- Suited to physicians and other high-liability professionals
- Often paired with offshore structures for layered protection
Private Family Trust Company
A family-controlled entity that serves as trustee across multiple family trusts, giving larger families a durable governance framework for wealth held over generations.
- For families administering substantial or multi-trust holdings
- Centralizes oversight while keeping decision-making within the family
Non-Charitable Purpose Trust
A trust created to hold assets for a defined purpose rather than for named individual beneficiaries, useful for holding specific property or supporting an ongoing objective.
- Used for unique holdings and special-purpose planning
- Structured under Wyoming’s purpose-trust provisions
It Matters Where a Trust Is Formed
A Short Challenge Window
Wyoming’s window to contest a qualifying transfer into a trust can be far shorter than the multi-year periods common in other states, which can make a well-formed structure harder to unwind.
Private Proceedings
Wyoming maintains a dedicated forum for trust and business matters, with proceedings that can be kept sealed, so the details of a challenged trust may stay out of the public record.
No State Income or Estate Tax
Wyoming imposes no state income tax and no state estate tax on trust assets, which can leave more of what a family has built inside the structure. You do not need to live in Wyoming to form one.
One Engagement, Start to Finish
Wyoming planning rarely stands alone. We design the Wyoming structure alongside any cross-border, offshore, or international elements your situation calls for, so the full plan works together rather than sitting in separate pieces.
Review
We review your situation and identify what the plan actually needs to accomplish.
Design
We design and draft the Wyoming structure suited to your goals and assets.
Integrate
We align any cross-border, offshore, or international elements so the full plan fits together.
Maintain
We stay available for ongoing compliance and adjustments as your situation changes.
The Attorney Behind the Wyoming Work
Mark Pierce
Mark Pierce designs and drafts the Wyoming trust structures offered through the firm. His background spans tax, bankruptcy, business, and trust design, and his practice is built around structures that hold up when they are tested.
Mark is not licensed in the District of Columbia and is not licensed by any foreign government. He works exclusively from an office in Wyoming.
As Calvary’s Wyoming-licensed of-counsel, Mark performs the Wyoming-law work while the firm draws in the cross-border and international planning where a matter calls for it.
Explore a Wyoming Structure
If a domestic layer of protection may fit your plan, we can review your situation and design the right Wyoming structure for your goals.