The QTIP Trust – Maintain Control of Your Estate while also Keeping your “Second Marriage Spouse” Happy

Estate planning for couples in a second (or later) marriage can be tricky.  Throw in children from a prior marriage and the plot quickly thickens.  One tremendous solution which allows a spouse to maintain control of his/her assets while also appeasing the other spouse is to utilize what is known as a QTIP Trust. Basics [...]

2017-05-25T11:27:33-07:00May 25th, 2017|Blended Families, Preventing Estate Challenges, Trusts|Comments Off on The QTIP Trust – Maintain Control of Your Estate while also Keeping your “Second Marriage Spouse” Happy

Don’t Leave Your Trust Unguarded: 5 Key Ways a Trust Protector Can Help You

Trust Protectors, while a fairly new tool in the estate planning world, are quickly becoming a wonderful protection mechanism for Arizona trusts.  At its most basic level, a trust protector is someone who may potentially, at some point in the future, serve as an appointed authority over a trust.  This authority can offer your trust [...]

2017-05-17T15:59:32-07:00May 17th, 2017|Trusts|Comments Off on Don’t Leave Your Trust Unguarded: 5 Key Ways a Trust Protector Can Help You

Wills vs. Trusts: A Quick & Simple Reference Guide

Confused about the differences between wills and trusts?  If so, you’re not alone. While it’s always wise to contact experts like us, it’s also important to understand the basics. Here’s a quick and simple reference guide: What Revocable Living Trusts Can Do – That Wills Can’t Avoid a conservatorship and guardianship. A revocable living trust [...]

2017-02-09T15:34:37-07:00February 9th, 2017|Trusts, Wills|Comments Off on Wills vs. Trusts: A Quick & Simple Reference Guide

A Charitable Legacy Requires Planning

If you want to be remembered for charitable giving, then you should get started with an estate plan. At this time of year, it can seem like giving to charity is something done with little forethought. It can require no more than dropping loose change in a bell ringer's bowl at the grocery store or [...]

2016-12-28T01:53:11-07:00December 17th, 2016|Trusts|Comments Off on A Charitable Legacy Requires Planning

Trust Charitable Deductions

Like individuals, trusts have to pay tax on any trust income. Also, like individuals, trusts can take income tax deductions for donations to charity as long as the trust is set up properly. No one really likes paying income taxes. Almost everyone will seek to pay as little as they possibly can. That holds true [...]

2016-12-28T01:22:36-07:00November 28th, 2016|Trusts|Comments Off on Trust Charitable Deductions

A Bypass Trust Might Still Be Your Best Option

Relatively recent changes to federal estate tax law have made bypass trusts less popular than they used to be. However, they are still good in many circumstances. It used to be a complicated process for a married couple to get the most out of the estate tax exemption. When one spouse passed away his or [...]

2016-11-23T10:08:00-07:00November 23rd, 2016|Trusts|Comments Off on A Bypass Trust Might Still Be Your Best Option

Do You Want a Will or a Trust?

One of the first things that people have to decide when they start thinking about estate plans is whether they want to use a will or a trust. Both have their advantages. If you start asking your friends and family or look on the Internet for estate planning advice, then you are likely to receive [...]

2016-11-22T10:13:00-07:00November 22nd, 2016|Trusts, Wills|Comments Off on Do You Want a Will or a Trust?

Using a Pour Over Will to Fund a Trust

When you get a living trust from an estate planning attorney you will likely also get a pour over will that is designed to bequeath any assets you have when you pass away into your trust. It is important not to rely on that will as the sole means of funding your trust. Getting a [...]

2016-11-14T15:42:00-07:00November 14th, 2016|Trusts|Comments Off on Using a Pour Over Will to Fund a Trust

Life Insurance Trusts

Life insurance is a great way to provide your family with liquid assets after you pass away, but if the policy benefits would put your estate over the estate tax exemption, then you might consider a trust. When planning the estate of a family's primary breadwinner one of the biggest concerns is providing the necessary [...]

2016-10-18T11:47:00-07:00October 18th, 2016|Trusts|Comments Off on Life Insurance Trusts

What Are the Different Types of Trusts?

Learning about trusts can sometimes be difficult as there are several different types of trusts that you can get that are designed to do different things. When attorneys talk about trusts they often end up confusing laypersons with all of the legal jargon. There are many different types of trusts out there and each type [...]

2016-10-05T11:58:00-07:00October 5th, 2016|Trusts|Comments Off on What Are the Different Types of Trusts?
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