Revocable Living Trust
Michael Jackson's Estate Illustrates Importance of Creating the Right Type of Trust
We have previously discussed how important it is to set up a Family Trust to protect your assets and legacy for your heirs. However, choosing the type of trust to create is equally as important, as the heirs to pop superstar Michael Jackson’s estate are finding out. As with other deceased celebrities, such as Jimi…
Read MoreDefinition of Living Trust (Revocable Trust)
A living trust is the same as a revocable trust, a revocable living trust, and an inter vivos trust. Think of a trust as a third-party beneficiary contract where you have a trustmaker, grantor, settlor, or settlors who form a trust, basically as an agreement with a trustee party to provide for beneficiaries. Often when…
Read MoreDefinition of Irrevocable Trust
An irrevocable trust cannot be changed. It is a trust that, by its terms, can’t be changed except by terms that might be written into the irrevocable trust. It must operate according to whatever are its terms. An irrevocable trust is typically set in a particular jurisdiction: It is considered an independent person under the tax…
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