living trust
noun
: a trust that becomes effective during the lifetime of the settlor
called also inter vivos trust
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If not retitled to the living trust the trust may not accomplish its goals as intended.
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Martin Shenkman, Forbes.com, 28 Mar. 2025
This would undermine one of the benefits of a living trust, which is to avoid a court’s involvement in settling an estate.
—Liz Weston, San Diego Union-Tribune, 23 Mar. 2025
Dacey was an advocate of the revocable living trust to avoid probate and explained how to create one without a lawyer.
—Bob Carlson, Forbes, 17 Mar. 2025
There are no gift tax consequences to naming someone as the beneficiary of a living trust, retirement account, life insurance policy, annuity, TOD, or ladybird deed.
—Bob Carlson, Forbes, 17 Mar. 2025
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Martin Shenkman, Forbes.com, 28 Mar. 2025
This would undermine one of the benefits of a living trust, which is to avoid a court’s involvement in settling an estate.
—Liz Weston, San Diego Union-Tribune, 23 Mar. 2025
Dacey was an advocate of the revocable living trust to avoid probate and explained how to create one without a lawyer.
—Bob Carlson, Forbes, 17 Mar. 2025
There are no gift tax consequences to naming someone as the beneficiary of a living trust, retirement account, life insurance policy, annuity, TOD, or ladybird deed.
—Bob Carlson, Forbes, 17 Mar. 2025
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“Living trust.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/living%20trust. Accessed 4 Apr. 2025.
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