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What is a Living Trust?

It’s quite possible you’ve heard the term, but many people still wonder, “What is a living trust?” The answer is quite simple and is very likely to save you substantial sums of money over your lifetime. Read More

The Advantages of a Living Trust

A living trust protects your assets during your lifetime and beyond. Primary among the many reasons to establish a living trust, the trust you establish during your life allows you complete control of your property now and also protects your interests and those of your beneficiaries following your death. Control and protection are only two of many advantages of a living trust, however. Read More

The Create My Living Trust Difference

When it comes to creating a living trust, CreateMyLivingTrust.com offers everything you need to set up your own trust without paying a lawyer or even installing living trust software. Create My Living Trust offer you easy-to-complete forms as well as guides that take you step by step through the process of creating your own living trust which can save your beneficiaries thousands of dollars and months or even years of headaches. Read More

How to Terminate a Living Trust

Termination of a living trust is straightforward should your situation change over time. A living trust is considered terminated when all assets of the trust are removed. This means you can terminate a living trust by simply removing all property from the trust and closing any accounts opened as part of the trust. Read More

Will Versus a Living Trust

Simply put, the difference between a living trust and will is the trust offers you and your beneficiaries better control of your assets and allows your estate to skip probate generating a total savings of thousands. While most know the basics of a will, a living trust has much to offer anyone with assets regardless of age or marital status. Read More

The Process of Settling a Living Trust

To settle a living trust the successor trustee, or individual you select as the trust manager following your death, will transfer property to beneficiaries according to your wishes. Settlement of a living trust is straightforward so long as you have planned and set up your trust appropriately. Read More

What is a Revocable Living Trust?

A revocable living trust is a specialized form of trust created during your lifetime that also allows you to make changes to or revoke the document at any time prior to your death. Most living trusts are living revocable trusts, but some states require special wording in the actual documents to specify a living trust as a revocable living trusts. A living revocable trust becomes irrevocable upon your death. Read More

What is an Irrevocable Living Trust?

An irrevocable living trust is a trust established while you are still alive that can not be changed once it is signed. Irrevocable living trusts have substantial advantages for those with large estates, but have obvious limitations as they can not be altered or revoked after being created. Read More

Funding Your Living Trust to Avoid Probate

Funding is the more challenging part of setting up your living trust. Creating a living trust is simple, especially with the help of the informative booklets and straightforward forms available on CreateMyLivingTrust.com. To fund a living trust however, you must assess and transfer your property out of your name and into the trust which can be a bit more complicated than our simple forms. Read More

Advantages of a Revocable Living Trust

A living trust has many advantages when it comes to estate planning, but the advantages of a revocable living trust are even greater. An revocable living trust not only allows you to avoid lengthy and expensive probate, but you’re able to make revisions to your living trust as often as you’d like as well as convert the fund to an irrevocable living trust down the road offering yourself even more tax savings. Read More