The Living Trusts Blog

Plain-English guides on living trusts, avoiding probate, and protecting your family — no legal jargon required.

How Does a Living Trust Work?

How Does a Living Trust Work?

Garrett Monroe

A revocable living trust is a legal arrangement in which you transfer ownership of your assets to a trust you create and control during your lifetime. You name yourself as...

How Does a Living Trust Work?

Garrett Monroe

A revocable living trust is a legal arrangement in which you transfer ownership of your assets to a trust you create and control during your lifetime. You name yourself as...

Who Should Actually Run Your Living Trust (And Who Shouldn't)

Who Should Actually Run Your Living Trust (And ...

Garrett Monroe

Choosing a trustee is one of the most consequential decisions in your estate plan. The right person keeps your trust running exactly as you intended. The wrong person can turn...

Who Should Actually Run Your Living Trust (And ...

Garrett Monroe

Choosing a trustee is one of the most consequential decisions in your estate plan. The right person keeps your trust running exactly as you intended. The wrong person can turn...

How to Choose the Right Trustee and Successor Trustee for Your Living Trust

How to Choose the Right Trustee and Successor T...

Garrett Monroe

Choosing who manages your living trust is one of the most consequential decisions in your entire estate plan. Get it right, and your successor trustee distributes your assets efficiently, privately,...

How to Choose the Right Trustee and Successor T...

Garrett Monroe

Choosing who manages your living trust is one of the most consequential decisions in your entire estate plan. Get it right, and your successor trustee distributes your assets efficiently, privately,...

What Goes Inside a Living Trust (And What Belongs Outside It)

What Goes Inside a Living Trust (And What Belon...

Garrett Monroe

A revocable living trust only controls what's actually placed inside it. That means the protection you're building depends entirely on which assets get transferred into the trust, which ones stay...

What Goes Inside a Living Trust (And What Belon...

Garrett Monroe

A revocable living trust only controls what's actually placed inside it. That means the protection you're building depends entirely on which assets get transferred into the trust, which ones stay...

What Happens to a Living Trust After You Die? The Successor Trustee's Real Job

What Happens to a Living Trust After You Die? T...

Garrett Monroe

When a funded living trust is in place, your successor trustee takes over after your death without going to court, without waiting on a judge's calendar, and without the public...

What Happens to a Living Trust After You Die? T...

Garrett Monroe

When a funded living trust is in place, your successor trustee takes over after your death without going to court, without waiting on a judge's calendar, and without the public...

Why Most Americans Don't Have a Living Trust (And What That Silence Is Costing Their Families)

Why Most Americans Don't Have a Living Trust (A...

Garrett Monroe

A living trust lets you transfer your home, savings, and investments directly to your heirs without probate court. You can create one using attorney-drafted templates and plain English instructions, with...

Why Most Americans Don't Have a Living Trust (A...

Garrett Monroe

A living trust lets you transfer your home, savings, and investments directly to your heirs without probate court. You can create one using attorney-drafted templates and plain English instructions, with...