One of the most common additions to the average estate plan is a trust agreement and a revocable living trust is a popular choice when a trust is included in an estate plan. If you decide to include a revocable living trust in your plan you will have to fund that trust after you have created the trust agreement. While it is always in your best interest to consult with an experienced estate … [Read more...] about How Do I Fund My Revocable Living Trust?

Over the course of your lifetime, you will probably make numerous changes to your initial estate plan. If you included a living trust in your estate plan, for example, you may want to modify that trust at some point. Although you should always consult with your estate planning attorney when making changes to a trust, a Port St. Lucie trust attorney at Kulas Law Group explains the general process … [Read more...] about How Do I Modify My Living Trust?

Given the frequency with which trusts are included in an estate plan, there is a very good chance that your estate plan will eventually include a trust, if it doesn’t have one already. There is an equally good chance that as you move through the various phases of your life, changes in your life will prompt the need to make changes to your estate plan, including your trust. The Port St. Lucie … [Read more...] about How Do I Modify a Revocable Living Trust?

For most people, a Last Will and Testament serves as their primary estate planning document. While a Will can dispose of your entire estate when you are gone, your estate plan can – and should – accomplish more than just the distribution of your estate assets. To achieve some of your additional estate planning goals and objectives you will likely need to incorporate additional tools and strategies … [Read more...] about Vero Beach Estate Planning Attorneys Explain How a Trust Works

Like most people, you probably would rather avoid spending any time thinking about or planning for your own death. In fact, those thoughts are so discomforting that fewer than half of the adults in the United States have even bothered to create a simple will. The problem is, as it always has been, that death is inescapable. And when someone dies without a plan in place, that can create all sorts … [Read more...] about How a Living Trust Benefits People Just Like You

When you sit down to create, or review, your estate plan you will likely have more than one estate planning goal in mind. Though the most important of those goals may be to ensure that your loved ones are well provided for when you are gone, you may have secondary goals that are also important to you. Your Last Will and Testament, while crucial to your overall plan, has its limits. To accommodate … [Read more...] about 3 Common Uses for a Living Trust