As people think about end of life decisions, it will not be easy but have to be considered as essential, and so documents about trust and real estate management have to be done especially it is not going to be an easy process. Trust, in legal definition is that one party that holds property for the benefit of another. To explain in layman’s terms, trust means that you have a 3rd party to hold all of your assets, and the person will carry out your wishes on what you want done with these assets after your death, thus debates when you are gone will not happen.
You can put in a trust those real, tangible and intangible properties. The trustee is what you call a person who manages the trust of another. Know that your personal name has to be taken out in any property you want in the trust and put the name of the trust to the entity which will be managed by the trustee. Many times, it is an officer of a financial institution like banks who can be your trustee, but can also be anyone, and this person will take charge with the holding of your property and in distributing it.
If you compare a trust and a will, there are some key benefits of having a trust, and the first benefit is that your trust and estate management plan is kept private. Trust documents differ from regular probate documents in the sense that these do not have to be filed with the court in several cases, and thus there are no public records of existence that will show your personal information, as well as the information about what your heirs will get and when they will get it.
The second benefit in having a trust over a will is that in your trust and estate management plan, you can plan for mental disability. With this, you and your property will be kept out of a court supervised guardianship, if in the future you will become mentally incapacitated.
By using a trust over a will, your estate does not have to go through a probate process, and this is the biggest advantage of using a trust over a will.
You will also likely to save more estate money in having a trust rather than a will plus you do not have to go through a probate process.
To find the best lawyer for your specific needs, you can use the internet in looking for sources, or go to a local bar association, or find lawyer referral services, or contact a legal professional association in your area.