Who Decides Who Serves as Successor Trustee?
When a trust is written, the settlor, or person creating the trust, chooses someone to serve as successor trustee. Often the settlor chooses several people who are named in order.
Important Tips for Stepping in as Successor Trustee
After the creator of a trust passes away, you may need to step in as successor trustee. It is important to understand the basic guidelines of the role.
Pour-Over Wills Might Be the Answer
Pour-Over Wills allows the owner to name only one beneficiary: the Living Trust. This can help make California estate administration easier.
Estate and Income Taxes Every Successor Trustee Should Keep in Mind
Successor trustees have important responsibilities as they administer trusts. One such duty is to file the necessary estate and income taxes. Learn more here.
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It Doesn’t Take A Rocket Scientist…
Riverside trust and probate litigation attorney Scott Grossman checks in from the MIT campus in Cambridge, Massachusetts, to let folks back in California know that time is NOT on your side if you are considering filing suit in a trust or probate litigation matter.