Is a revocable trust, testamentary trust or irrevocable life insurance trust right for you? (Don't know what any of those terms mean? Don't worry, here are the definitions, too.) Grantor retained ...

Most people think of trusts as something that only the super-rich need: a mysterious legal trick to evade taxes (and rack up tons of attorneys' fees). In reality, trusts can be helpful for folks at ...

Are you thinking about including a Trust in your Estate Plan? Indeed, it is a wise decision. Even if you’ve already started planning or have a Will in place, Trusts can provide an extra layer of ...

Learn about how trusts can avoid probate, the mechanism behind it, types of trusts, common misconceptions, and other probate avoidance methods.

A trust can help minimize your taxes, protect your assets and spare your beneficiaries the hassle of probate court in the wake of your passing. A living, or revocable, trust can still have changes ...

Trusts are estate-planning tools, and like other estate-planning structures (like foundations or life insurance), a trust's structure will determine how assets are controlled, whether they're ...

Trusts can be used to achieve a number of estate planning objectives if used appropriately and in the correct circumstances. Whether a trust should form part of your estate plan depends on a number of ...

As the previous post noted, when determining if a trust or an estate should be considered as materially participating for Code Sec. 1411 purposes, the IRS’s position is that the only party whose ...

We seem to use the word “trust” as though it refers to just one thing. Perhaps the problem is that the English language has just one such term. Fortunately, Charles Feltman, in The Thin Book of Trust ...