A revocable living trust can provide you with a number of different benefits. One of them is the ability to make changes to the trust after it has been established.
If you were to establish a living trust, you would create a trust declaration, and this would dictate the terms of the trust. You would typically act as the trustee initially, but you would name a successor trustee to take over after you pass away.
The beneficiaries would also be named, and you would leave behind instructions with regard to the way that you wanted the assets to be distributed after your passing.
You could change the terms along the way if you chose to do so. It would be possible to add or subtract beneficiaries, and you could alter the instructions you leave behind for the trustee to follow.
It would also be possible to convey newly acquired property into the living trust after it was created. You would want to convey the property into the trust if you wanted it to be distributed to the beneficiaries after your passing. This could be done relatively easily with the assistance of your estate planning attorney.
The above being stated, if you create a living trust, you should also execute an estate planning document called a pour-over will.
If you were to pass away while you were in direct personal possession of property that was never conveyed into the trust for one reason or another, the pour-over would allow the revocable living trust to absorb this property. As a result, it could be distributed to the beneficiaries, and the distributions would not be subject to the probate process.
The avoidance of probate is one of the primary reasons why you would want to create a revocable living trust. The probate process is time-consuming, and it can be expensive. The distribution of property that has been conveyed into a revocable living trust would not be subject to the probate process after the passing of the grantor.
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You may be intrigued by the possibility of the creation of a revocable living trust when you learn about the advantages that they provide. If you would like to learn all the facts, download our special report.
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