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...
US Estate Plans and Owning Real Estate in a Foreign Country

US Estate Plans and Owning Real Estate in a Foreign Country

The allure of a foreign land—perhaps where the weather is milder, the pace of life slower, and the cost of living lower—is a dream for many Americans who want to escape our country’s fast-paced, high-cost living. That dream can become a reality, and a tangible...