What Happens to Accounts and Property Left Out of Your Trust?

What Happens to Accounts and Property Left Out of Your Trust?

What Happens to Accounts and Property Left Out of Your Trust? For many people, avoiding a conservatorship or guardianship during their lifetime and probate at their death are the main reasons they set up a revocable living trust. You may believe that once you sign...
What Does It Mean to Fund Your Trust?

What Does It Mean to Fund Your Trust?

What Does It Mean to Fund Your Trust? Funding a trust is the process of transferring ownership of your accounts and property from you as an individual to yourself as the trustee of your trust. Although the trust will technically own the accounts and property after the...
Estate Planning Strategies to Protect Your Spouse

Estate Planning Strategies to Protect Your Spouse

You found the love of your life, and as you have built your life together, you have likely weathered your fair share of storms and grown stronger because of them. Now that you are married, you are uniquely situated to provide meaningful support for your spouse after...
Your Divorce Decree: The First Step in Estate Planning

Your Divorce Decree: The First Step in Estate Planning

You and your spouse have recently divorced, and the judge has signed the divorce decree. Now what? Although you may feel that you have spent enough time and money on lawyers, there is one last attorney you need to talk to: an estate planning attorney. If you and your...