J Tod Hyche

Practice Areas

Tod's work in the wealth transfer planning area concerns all aspects of estate, gift and generation-skipping transfer tax planning.

His experience includes complex wills and revocable trusts, generation-skipping trusts, dynasty trusts, spousal lifetime access trusts, grantor retained annuity trusts, charitable remainder trusts, charitable lead trusts, charitable foundations, family limited partnerships, qualified personal residence trusts, sales to intentionally defective grantor trusts, post-mortem planning and estate and gift tax returns.

In the trusts and estates area, he represents trustees, personal representatives and beneficiaries during the administration process. He is involved with the decanting, modification, reformation and termination of irrevocable trusts.

Tod advises individuals, trusts and estates in disputes with the Internal Revenue Service and the South Carolina Department of Revenue.

He focuses on representing owners of family businesses and other closely held businesses in regard to the unique tax and nontax planning opportunities available to these businesses and their owners including the development of a practical and comprehensive business succession plan.

Also, Tod advises individuals, trustees and personal representatives in dispute resolution. If the disputes are in litigation, he works with a litigation attorney at the firm to resolve the dispute.

His clients consist of a broad range of individuals, trusts, estates, corporations, family-owned businesses, private foundations and other tax-exempt organizations.

His practice areas include Taxation & Wealth Planning, Trust & Estate Law & Administration, Business Succession Planning, Federal Estate & Gift Tax Planning and Private Companies.

Professional Memberships

Greenville Estate Planning Council, current member, past president

Greenville Estate Planning Study Group

South Carolina Probate Code Revision Committee (Trust Code)

Community Foundation of Greenville (2001-present, Chair 2023)

Expert in these Jurisdictions

Admitted to practice in South Carolina.

Education