Expertise from Forbes Councils members, operated under license. Opinions expressed are those of the author. Trust doesn’t happen automatically in many organizations. It must be cultivated with ...

Christy Bieber has a JD from UCLA School of Law and began her career as a college instructor and textbook author. She has been writing full time for over a decade with a focus on making financial and ...

Elderly persons often sign new estate documents, including trusts and trust amendments. Certainly, all persons with competence and without improper influences have the right to leave their property to ...

Related: What Is a Trust Fund and How Do They Work? What types of living trusts are available? There are several types of living trusts, each with unique features and benefits. However, the two main ...

A well-designed trust can help save time, paperwork and other headaches when settling an estate. Many, or all, of the products featured on this page are from our advertising partners who compensate us ...

In Gause v. Gause, a son brought suit to affirm the existence of a trust established by his father. No. 03-13-00768-CV, 2016 Tex. App. LEXIS 8138 (Tex. App.—Austin June 29, 2016, no pet. history). The ...

Both transfer an estate to heirs, but only a trust can skip probate court Matthew Jarrell is the founder of DocSpot Financial. He has 5+ years of experience creating investment, tax, and estate ...

Estate and trust planning is one of the oldest areas of the law, and the terminology that experts use to discuss trusts can be nearly incomprehensible to ordinary people. Most of the time, a ...

Funding a trust requires moving your assets into the trust’s name, which is necessary for the trust to operate effectively.