How you administer a trust depends on exactly what the trust says at the time it needs to be carried out.

If you only have a will - or do not have a will at all - your estate goes through probate court: a lengthy, costly, public court proceeding. The trust helps avoid that!

If you have signed your trust, you must be sure to put your assets into the trust before you are actually “done.”

In theory you can name your trust anything you want; however, there are practical considerations that you should discuss with your lawyer.

If you have a living trust, then it’s likely that your trust uses your social security number as your TAX ID number and you file taxes just as you always have done so.

3 reasons to avoid probate in California: cost, time, and publicity.

After you have a trust, you’ll need to make sure you transfer your assets into the trust.

A trust is a way of holding, maintaining, and distributing assets. What does that really mean?

You should regularly review your estate plan, but when? How often is it important to do that?