Generally a Simple Will is a document that expresses a person’s desires with regard to who shall inherit their probate property. Additionally parents’ frequently nominates persons to serve as a guardian or conservator for their child when they die.
Generally a Simple Trust is a document that expresses a person’s desires with regard to who will inherit their properly funded trust property. The document nominates a person to carry out the creator’s intent (a trustee). While a trust could provide for the outright distribution of the trust property to a beneficiary, they frequently create and attach strings to the distribution of trust property in an attempt to insulate assets from creditor’s, divorcing spouses, and immature beneficiaries.
Trusts can be created as living-trusts (intervivos trust) and by Will (testamentary-trust). A living-trust is duly executed and valid while the client is alive. An testamentary-trust is created when a decedent’s Will is probated after their death.
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Luke Lenzi, Esq.