If I set up an offshore trust where my assets are protected and any civil judgments from lawsuits go unpaid, can a judge put me in jail for failing to pay the judgment?
No unless there is a specific law that would permit you to be jailed for failure to pay a certain type of debt (e.g., many states provide for jail as a punishment for failure to pay court-ordered child support). Also, if you commit a crime such as tax evasion, you can go to jail/prison for such a crime. Basically, you can never be jailed simply because you have placed your assets in an international offshore trust that may be beyond the reach of a U.S. jurisdiction. If you commit a crime, you can go to jail for that crime (e.g., tax evasion, bank robbery, failure to pay child support, etc.). If you are an otherwise law-abiding citizen, you have no worries about setting up an offshore trust to protect your assets.
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