Question: I live in Illinois and am 66 years old and a widow. Many years ago, an estate planning lawyer recommended I put my home in an irrevocable trust (with my daughter as the trustee) in [...]

Question: We set up a revocable trust for my mother in September 2000 for my mother with her and myself as co trustees. There are two assets in this trust: a stock portfolio generating taxable [...]

Question: My father created an irrevocable trust of which I am trustee and beneficiary. He put his residence into the trust for Medicaid planning purposes. He has since passed away. Did the [...]

Question: Is it necessary to put assets into a trust, and does this protect your home from Medicaid? Response: It’s certainly not necessary to place assets into a trust, but trusts can [...]

Question: MassHealth regulation 520.024 seems to me to state that any non-principal residence in a trust — even one created by will and where the trustee has no requirements regarding [...]

Question: Brother and sister owned highly-appreciated real estate jointly with rights of survivorship.  Sister passed last year so now brother owns it 100% and would like to move it to an [...]

Question: Does a Miller trust need to file an income tax return in Delaware? The trust is funded by a pension and Social Security. The funds go into the trust and are taken out by the nursing [...]

Question: In January 2023, I suffered a prolonged illness that required multiple surgeries, hospitalization, and stays at a nursing home. I own and reside in my home in West Virginia, the state [...]

Question: Is there a way to create a grantor “irrevocable trust” that allows the beneficiaries to receive a step-up in basis of a home at death? If so, can this be considered a gift [...]

Question: If a spouse passes away and has an ABC trust structure (marital trust, bypass trust, QTIP trust) and each of these trusts are funded for the benefit of the surviving spouse, are any of [...]