Getting
Started: The Revocable Living Trust
The subject of a living trust as an estate planning tool generates
quite a bit of discussion. A living trust is an arrangement you
create during your lifetime to provide for yourself and your family
both before and after your death.
Should You
Create a Joint Trust?
If you're married, perhaps you and your spouse are thinking about
setting up living trusts. If so, you might ask, "Can't we have just
one living trust for the two of us?" Is a joint trust a good
idea?
A
Living Trust Could Be the Key to Your Estate Plan
There seems to be quite a bit of discussion these days on the
subject of a living trust as an estate planning tool. But what is a
living trust? What are its advantages? And how can a living trust
fit into your estate plan?
Put
Some Kick Into Your Estate Plan by Using Trusts
Are you looking for new ways to protect your family and your money?
Would you like to cut estate taxes and probate costs, too?
Choose the
Right Trust Plan for Your Will
All trusts aren't alike. When you put a trust in your will, it
should be drafted precisely in order to satisfy your wishes and
goals. Just any old boilerplate text or preprinted legal form won't
do.
Five
Benefits of a Living Trust
Living trusts are flexible estate planning tools that can offer you
many advantages, read five of them.
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Living Trust? You Don't Need to Be Rich
The term "trust fund" conjures up images of mansions, yachts and
huge fortunes. But once the province of the very rich, trusts have
found themselves into the lives of many families who've never
thought of themselves as wealthy.
Discover
the Flexibility of Living Trusts
A living trust is just what its name implies—a trust you establish
while you're living. Living trusts can be "revocable" or
"irrevocable," and there are unique characteristics to each.
For additional information on gift planning, contact Susan
Damiani, Director of Gift Planning, at (718) 990-7562 or e-mail damianis@stjohns.edu