Real Estate Transfers to Trusts
Transferring Mortgaged Real Estate to Your Living Trust If you own a home and are setting up a revocable living trust, you will want to transfer your home to the newly created trust. If there is a mortgage on the…
Transferring Mortgaged Real Estate to Your Living Trust If you own a home and are setting up a revocable living trust, you will want to transfer your home to the newly created trust. If there is a mortgage on the…
Many people have questions about testamentary trusts and are not sure what they are or how they are different from the more common living trust. This post will explain what a testamentary trust is, how it differs from the living…
Irrevocable trusts are a common estate planning tools. They play an important role in protecting assets, reducing taxes, and preserving legacies from one generation to the next. Irrevocable trusts come into existence in a number of ways. A trustor who…
In the simplest of terms, probate is the legal process for disposing of your property after you die. However, “simple” isn’t the first word one thinks of when you think about probate. While probate may not always be complex, it…
Many documents can determine how you are attended when you are sick. The most notable ones deal with those times when you are unable to express your own desires. These include being in a coma or going into cardiac or…
Nevada was one of the first states to allow domestic asset protection trusts. The State legislature amended the spendthrift statutes in 1999, allowing for their creation. The legislature wanted to make Nevada’s law one of the best in the country.…
Upon divorce, one thing that needs to be reviewed is one’s estate planning. Typically people want to replace spouses on their powers of attorney for healthcare decisions and financial powers of attorney. Removing them as a beneficiary from a last…