Blog Posts About Trust Assets

You have been named as a beneficiary of a Trust, but unfortunately your share of the Trust is not going to be given to you outright. Instead, it must remain locked away in an irrevocable Trust for some time. Some irrevocable Trusts last for several years, or until you reach…

Beneficiaries are supposed to receive reasonable information and timely distributions of their share of the Trust money and property. Unfortunately, many beneficiaries are kept in the dark and receive no Trust distributions. In other words, they receive no money and no information. It can be hard to know what to…

If you are an occupant of a property owned by a trust, here is what you should know. The trustee is the legal owner of the trust property and may have the right to evict you, even if you are beneficiary. The first thing you should do is ask the…

Are you entitled to an inheritance under a trust, but the person in charge is mistreating you? Here are some of the ways trustees mistreat beneficiaries: Refusing to provide information Unreasonably withholding distributions Ignoring communication with the beneficiaries Exercising favoritism Misappropriating trust assets Failing to comply with trust terms Self-dealing…

You Think you are Entitled to an Inheritance Under a Trust, but the Person in Charge Wont Hand it Over. Receiving an inheritance should be easy… right? If you have a good trustee, yes. If you have a bad trustee, obtaining your inheritance may involve some work. The first step…

Marital rights involving gifts of trust assets or gifts of marital assets can get a bit tricky. California is a community property state. By definition, anything you acquire during your marriage – meaning if you and your spouse buy a house— the presumption is that that house is community property….

Let’s talk a little bit about the difference between general gifts and specific gifts. Then we’ll also talk about residue gifts or remainders Basically speaking, a specific gift is when you are given the gift of a specific property. Specific Gift The most common specific gift is real property such…

Ok, so you’re a beneficiary and you just did a title search on the asset that’s in the trust and you find that it’s in the name of the trustee, who is your older brother perhaps.  And you say, “Wait a minute.  Why is the title to the trust asset…

So you find yourself as a trustee of a trust and you have to make expenditures out of that trust.  And the question is, “What are appropriate expenditures?” Well, let’s first talk about what your basic and primary job is a trustee and that is, as a trustee, you’re going…

So this happens from time to time where a trustee is the trustee of a trust that owns real property such as a house or a cabin or vacation home and there are beneficiaries of that trust who ultimately will inherit the VALUE of that property.  And the reason I…