Dear Liz: I understand what happens with a living trust when both spouses die at once. But what happens when just one dies? Is the trust tossed out, since the surviving spouse is usually the trustee?

MY RECENT COLUMNS on wills and beneficiaries led to a few questions from readers. (By the way, as regular readers of this column know, I encourage a dialogue with my readers. You can write to me at ...

Working with the best and most qualified financial experts to create and manage one’s will, trust and estate is one of the most important decisions that people with assets must make. It is important ...

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Q: I have some basic questions about trusts. First, why is a trust better than a will? Can I serve as the trustee? Where do my kids go to get a copy of the trust after I die? A: First, trusts aren’t ...

Q: My son and his wife have a trust. They told me that they also have a will. Why do they need a will if they have a trust? Doesn’t the trust supersede the will and keep the estate out of probate? A: ...

The following contribution to our arbitration symposium is by David Horton. David is an Associate Professor at Loyola, where he joined the faculty in 2009. He primarily writes and teaches in the ...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WTVF) — A multi-disciplinary approach to how you should plan for your future and how to make sure your preferences are followed. Attorney Josh Hunter from Johnson McGinnis Elder Care ...

Terence E. Smolev and Christina Jonathan of Terence E. Smolev, P.C. write: Everything the practitioner does in the estate planning field should be based upon defensive actions for the benefit not only ...

Students taking a simulated multi-state bar examination in 2014 at the Jacob J. Javits Convention Center in New York City. The New Jersey Supreme Court has announced the creation of an ad hoc ...

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