Recent Posts in Living Trust' Category
Posted on Jun 20, 2011 By Los Angeles Estate Planning Attorney
While Living Trusts and Wills have many similarities, the major difference between the two is that your will does not go into effect until you are dead, whereas your living trust goes into effect ...
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Posted on Dec 23, 2010 By Los Angeles Estate Planning Attorney
A revocable inter vivos trust, commonly referred to as a "living trust" is created during the settlor's lifetime and that the settlor has the power to revoke while still living. The trust is described ...
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Posted on Nov 23, 2010 By Los Angeles Estate Planning Attorney
There are many ways to care for your parents as they enter their twilight years. You may chose to assist your parents by setting up a living trust , and name yourself as trustee to manage your ...
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Posted on Nov 15, 2010 By Los Angeles Estate Planning Attorney
Often times you will hear people refer to the terms Inter Vivos Trust and Testamentary trust when they are trying to set up an estate plan. Currently, the trend in estate planning has been to set up ...
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Posted on Nov 11, 2010 By Renee Linares
In November 2010, the California Court of Appeals ruled on whether a grandparent's trust intended to include their grandchild pursuant to the definition of "issue' in their trust. Charles and Serene ...
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Posted on Oct 21, 2010 By Renee Linares
The question is, should there be legal consequences when a person interferes with your inheritance? The recent trend of cases points to a new tort which as recently emerged. While other states have ...
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Posted on Oct 20, 2010 By Los Angeles Estate Planning Attorney
You may locate a company that is willing to charge a cheap rate to draft your will. Certain organizations even offer free drafting of wills as part of non-profit services. While some of these events ...
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Posted on Oct 19, 2010 By Renee Linares
One of the largest decisions you will make when drafting a trust is choosing the appropriate trustee to act on behalf of the beneficiaries. Many people who have a living trust simply appoint ...
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Posted on Sep 14, 2010 By Los Angeles Estate Planning Attorney
Sometimes "legalize" can be confusing since attorneys seem to have their own language to describe estate planning. For example, even setting up a basic trust may involve terms you are unfamiliar with ...
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Posted on Aug 2, 2010 By Renee Linares
As part of the estate planning process you may consider having both a will and a trust. Generally a pour over will works in conjunction with setting up a trust. Some trusts are created by will, these ...
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Posted on Jul 21, 2010 By Renee Linares
Many people who seek out estate planning attorneys do so to reduce their estate taxes and to avoid having to put their property through the probate process. The most commonly used method to avoid the ...
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