Question: My mom passed away. I’m the trustee of her revocable trust. Should the legal name of the trust and its investment accounts now be “revocable” or [...]
Question: Five years ago my dad bought a house for me, though it was titled in his name. He put the down payment down and I have made all the mortgage, tax, and all payments for the house. I was [...]
Question: How are revocable trusts taxed? Response: Revocable trusts, also often called “living” trusts, are taxed to the grantor — the person who created the trust. In most [...]
Question: We have a revocable trust that we would like to revoke and move the funds to TOD accounts and a TOD deed. We are doing this because the kids aren’t minors anymore and we [...]
Question: Should I transfer savings and checking accounts to revocable trust? Beneficiaries are noted on accounts and we have durable powers of attorneys for us beside trust in case of [...]
Question: My mother recently set up a revocable trust with an attorney in Texas. She is having questions about the attorney who drew it up. He does not seem to listen. Would I, her daughter, [...]
Question: What is the advantage of a trust over a will if your estate is under $5 million? Response: There are several advantages to using a trust no matter the size of your estate. Here are a [...]
Question: I would like a straight answer to this question. Can I add a new home to my trust by submitting a witness signature, or notary, or my witnesses signatures? Is this new home [...]
Question: I enjoyed your book very much, and last October 2020, I set up a revocable trust and transferred a 2nd vacation home located in Massachusetts into the trust. However, I recently [...]
Question: My uncle passed away in September of 2020. According to his son, I am named in the trust as a beneficiary. (I have received nothing from Wells Fargo to say whether this is true or not.) [...]