If done properly, a trust could protect your estate from unneeded costs and challenges, while giving you more control over how your assets are distributed after your death. Read on to see if a trust ...

Discover how a marital trust can offer tax benefits, avoid probate, and ensure asset distribution to a surviving spouse or ...

A trust is an important document in a comprehensive estate plan and allows someone to hold assets for the benefit of someone else. There are many kinds of trusts serving different planning functions.

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 ...

Trust: It's a word that is only one syllable and five letters, but it's a vitally important aspect of an effective, functioning society. According to Harvard Business Review, trust serves as the ...

In our previous blog post, Silent Trusts Have Come to Michigan, we shared some situations in which a settlor and their beneficiaries could benefit from the creation of a “silent trust.” In this type ...