Creating a trust as part of your estate plan is something you might consider if you'd like to ensure that your assets will be managed according to your wishes after you're gone. When you establish a ...

What happens when the trustee's work takes more time and effort than anyone anticipated? And how much, if anything, should a ...

An important estate planning decision that you could face when setting up a living trust is choosing a trustee or trustees to ...

Trusts can be a useful tool for estate planning when you want to leave specific instructions about how your assets should be managed during your lifetime and beyond. Part of creating a trust means ...

Under the settlor’s original estate plan (revocable trust and associated pour-over will), upon settlor’s death, all settlor’s children were to receive equal beneficial interests under the trust. Under ...

Change is inevitable. Smart estate planning involves planning for what-ifs — and that should include how beneficiaries will use and interact with any trusts you might put in place. When considering ...

There are many reasons that you may use a lifetime and even a generational trust to manage the assets for your family and descendants. Most families have found that hiring a trust company (sometimes ...

We were disappointed this week to see the demise of state Rep. Ray Scott's bill to give 10 counties in the state, including Mesa, the option of eliminating the appointed position of public trustee and ...

Creating a trust as part of your estate plan is something you might consider if you'd like to ensure that your assets will be managed according to your wishes after you're gone. When you establish a ...