Can I modify the terms of a living trust? I run across this question a lot in my office and online from spouses and children of families who have created living trusts to protect their families and assets. The short answer is this: It depends. Let’s look at some ways a living trust can be [...]
Many times people put off making an estate plan because they get busy. After all, we all have plenty of things to do—go to work, pick up the kids from school, take care of household chores, and on and on. Well, I’d like to give you a friendly nudge, especially if you have minor children. [...]
So you went to an estate planning attorney, got your living trust together, and executed all the papers. But the one thing you forgot to do is title your properties properly, indicating you are holding them as the trustee of your trust. Failure to properly title your properties can cause title problems down the road, [...]
In celebration of our new website look, we wanted to bring back our weekly blog posts. Today’s topic is one that many of us think about from time to time. However, it’s something that we put off working on, and as you can guess, it’s about estate planning. In this latest series of posts, I [...]
