FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
#1 International Bestselling Author Rick Durfee Exposes Why Most Estate Plans Fail When Families Need Them Most
New release “Trust Issues” hits #1 in three categories across the U.S. and Australia, delivering a wake-up call to families who think they’re already protected.
Phoenix, AZ, Friday, May 8, 2026
Veteran estate planning attorney Rick Durfee has officially earned #1 International Bestseller status on Amazon with his new book, “Trust Issues: Why Traditional Estate Planning is Failing and What to Do About It,” released Tuesday, May 5, 2026.
The book climbed to #1 in three Amazon categories across the United States and Australia, and broke into the top ten in three additional categories, including Personal Taxes, Taxation, Financial Risk Management, Finance, and Business & Investing. The reception confirms what Durfee has been saying for years: the families most confident in their estate plans are often the ones who get blindsided when those plans actually have to perform.
“Trust Issues” pulls back the curtain on why so many estate plans, even well-funded ones drafted by reputable attorneys, collapse under real-world pressure. Drawing on more than three decades of work with high-net-worth families, business owners, and family offices, Durfee lays out the structural strategies the ultra-wealthy use to stay out of court, stay in control, and pass down values along with valuables.
This isn’t theory. It’s a battle-tested roadmap for anyone serious about turning hard-earned success into a lasting legacy.
ABOUT THE BOOK
What if the greatest threat to your family’s wealth isn’t the market, the IRS, or a lawsuit, but your own estate plan?
In “Trust Issues,” Rick Durfee dismantles the assumptions most families rely on and shows readers exactly how to build a legal and financial structure that holds up when life gets complicated. Inside, readers will learn how to:
- Use trusts and business entities to keep families out of probate court and in control of their assets
- Build dynasty trusts that protect wealth across multiple generations
- Coordinate business interests with family planning to avoid the most common (and most expensive) mistakes
- Empower children and grandchildren to steward wealth without breeding entitlement
- Minimize tax exposure while keeping family values at the center of the plan
For anyone who has worked hard to build something worth protecting, “Trust Issues” is the practical, no-nonsense guide to doing it right the first time.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Rick Durfee is the founder and senior attorney of Durfee Law Group PLLC in Mesa, Arizona. Practicing law since 1988, he is nationally recognized for his work in estate planning, asset protection, and multi-generational wealth preservation. His firm serves clients across the country, helping families “Live Well, Leave a Legacy™” through comprehensive legal strategies designed to endure.
A frequent speaker at national events and a former professor of world religions, Rick blends deep legal expertise with a family-centered philosophy that has shaped how thousands of families approach legacy planning. He and his wife are the proud parents of eight children and seventeen grandchildren.
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In honor of Rick Durfee’s release, Elite Online Publishing made a donation in the author’s name to the Barbara Bush Literacy Foundation, which will sponsor a child to receive six books of their choice. An additional donation was made to Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library, providing one book per month to a child for a full year.
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