"A living trust is a powerful document that can help readers avoid probate, plan for incapacity, and provide for their loved ones. This book provides everything the reader needs to know about living trusts-from how to make one to where to store it when it's completed. This book includes key information about how living trusts work, who needs a living trust, how living trusts are different from wills, types of trusts, making a living trust with or without a lawyer, types of property that can go into a living trust, naming trustees and beneficiaries, transferring property, finalizing a living trust, and other useful estate planning tools"--
If you're curious about living trusts and wondering whether you should make one, this book will help. It explains what living trusts do, how they differ from wills, how to make one, and whether you'll need a lawyer's help. After reading it, you'll also see how a living trust fits into your broader estate plan, and you'll have a list of other documents you might need.
Save your family time, money, and headaches
You can use a living trust to keep your estate out of probate and distribute property after you die. But how do you know whether a living trust is right for you, how do you get one, and what other documents do you need? Make Your Living Trust addresses these concerns and more by explaining:
- what probate is (and why to avoid it)
- how living trusts work
- why you might not need a living trust
- the pros and cons of making a living trust without a lawyer
- what kinds of property go into a living trust, and
- how to choose a successor trustee.
This book explains how to make a living trust—on your own or with help from an attorney. It also covers other aspects of your estate plan, like what to do with your digital assets and why you still need to make a will, financial power of attorney, and health care directive.
