What is the benefit of having a trust versus a will? We own our home, have a rental property and we have no debt. My husband and I are retired and both have IRAs, over $500,000 in the stock market and ...

Harry S. Margolis is a MarketWatch contributor. He practices elder law, estate and special needs planning, is a fellow of Freewill.com and the founder of ElderLawAnswers.com. He is author of The Baby ...

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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 ...

My brother has terminal cancer and doesn't have long to live. His adult son lives with him but has various issues which mean ...

Putting your home in a trust can protect your assets while you’re alive and make the ownership transfer easier after your death. The trustee is often an adult child of the homeowner, who will ...

Financial adviser Matthew Brady and many of his wealth clients regularly discuss setting up trusts to save on taxes or pass money on to the next generation. But there's one thing Mr. Brady stresses ...

A Polk County, Florida, attorney was arrested for stealing nearly $2 million from a trust set up for a Pennsylvania brother and sister by their now-deceased father. Polk County Sheriff Grady Judd said ...

Start-ups continually aim to solve the world's problems in an effort to seize the value created by offering a new product or service -- for example, simplifying the process of setting up a trust fund.