Setting up a trust can be great way to control how your assets are distributed to your heirs after you pass away. Trusts are in many ways more flexible than wills in managing an estate’s assets. When ...

Selecting the right trustee is one of the most important decisions in setting up a revocable living trust, according to ...

Every irrevocable trust creates a legal relationship between the trustee and the beneficiaries of the trust. In this relationship, the trustee carries out the wishes of the trust’s grantor as those ...

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To continue reading this content, please enable JavaScript in your browser settings and refresh this page. Last year my mom died. She named me as successor trustee of ...

I am a trustee on the family trust of a deceased friend. Due to my work I will have to travel extensively in the next year, which will make it difficult to attend to many of the day-to-day decisions ...

A trustee is responsible for managing the assets held in the trust on behalf of its beneficiaries. If you’re the beneficiary of a trust, you may find it necessary to remove the trustee if you believe ...

WHILST it is an honour to serve, as such most trustees of a pension fund do not immediately realise that they are assuming significant duties and responsibilities. This is the case albeit most do not ...

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 ...