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With a living trust, you can leave your estate to anyone that you choose. This includes family members, friends, charities, schools, foundations, pets and others. You can also specifically deny an ...
The ownership of a life estate is of limited duration because it ends at the death of a person. Its owner is the life tenant (typically also the 'measuring life') and it carries with it right to enjoy certain benefits of ownership of the property, chiefly income derived from rent or other uses of the property and the right of occupation, during his or her possession.
An irrevocable trust may be used when the creator is trying to limit estate taxes and protect assets from being taken by creditors since the trust’s assets are no longer considered theirs.
If a revocable living trust is used as a part of an estate plan, the key to probate avoidance is ensuring that the living trust is "funded" during the lifetime of the person establishing the trust. After executing a trust agreement, the settlor should ensure that all assets are properly re-registered in the name of the living trust.
The fee simple estate and the fee tail estate are estates of inheritance; they pass to the owner's heirs by operation of law, either without restrictions (in the case of fee simple), or with restrictions (in the case of fee tail). The estate for years and the life estate are estates not of inheritance; the owner owns nothing after the term of ...
Estate planning involves both trust funds and wills to help ensure the smooth transition of assets to your beneficiaries. A trust fund is a legal entity that holds and manages assets on behalf of ...
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A life interest [1] (or life rent in Scotland) is a form of right, usually under a trust, that lasts only for the lifetime of the person benefiting from that right. A person with a life interest is known as a life tenant. A life interest ends when the life tenant dies. An interest in possession trust is the most common example of a life ...