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 ...

Avoiding probate and retaining control over the distribution of your assets are two key benefits of using a living trust as part of your estate plan. With so many misconceptions around trusts, it's ...

Revocable living trusts have become an increasingly popular tool in estate planning. They’re often used by households to avoid the probate process, which in some estates can save heirs both time and ...

A living trust is a legal document you set up while you’re alive to ensure that the assets you put in the trust, such as real estate, stock and bond holdings, CDs, and jewelry, are distributed in the ...

Vikki Velasquez is a researcher and writer who has managed, coordinated, and directed various community and nonprofit organizations. She has conducted in-depth research on social and economic issues ...

Living trusts, often called revocable living trusts, can help you manage your assets during and after your life. Many, or all, of the products featured on this page are from our advertising partners ...

Learning the differences between revocable and irrevocable trusts can help you strengthen your estate plans. Many, or all, of the products featured on this page are from our advertising partners who ...

Setting up a trust document is just the beginning. Without transferring your assets into that trust — a process called ...

Julia Kagan is a financial/consumer journalist and former senior editor, personal finance, of Investopedia. Ebony Howard is a certified public accountant and a QuickBooks ProAdvisor tax expert. She ...

When it comes to estate planning, some people create wills and leave it at that. Others, however, establish trusts that offer certain benefits that wills simply cannot. A trust is an agreement that ...