Why are so many people choosing a Living Trust over a Will?

• Avoids all the probate and related expenses, both emotionally and financially
• Reduce federal estate taxes
• Prevents court ordered conservatorship when you're physically or mentally incapable
• Privacy, completely private, not public record
• Low cost, easy to set up and maintain
• Grants protection of minor children from court imposed guardianship
• Allows you to keep control, even at loss of identity or after your death
• Can protect people with special needs
• Eliminates the problem of joint conservatorship with children
• Prevents impouding of your assets
• Completely changeable, can be updated or cancelled at any time
• Allows disinheriting
• Effective prenuptial protection

Other benefits of a living trust over a will are:

Provide for a disabled child

If you have a disabled child, you can provide for them without jeopardizing their state disability

Delay or regulate distributions

If you feel a beneficiary is drug or alcohol addicted, too immature to handle money, you can protect them by this procedure. You can also set up distributions requiring accomplishments and goals. Example: Completing college in 4 years, GPA of 2.5 or better and stay drug free.

Disinherit a child

You can disinherit a child with little concern of contest

Privacy

Trusts are private documents with no public access.

Contest

Trusts are not probated. It cannot be contested. Upon your death it becomes irrevocable.

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