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Trust Fund Basics: Everything You Need to Know - Werner Law Firm

Trust Fund Basics: Everything You Need to Know

POSTED ON: March 25, 2021 BY: Troy Werner
A trust fund is a trust dedicated to providing a wealth source for a beneficiary, usually for some time. Trust funds and trusts are generally interchangeable. The main difference is that a “trust fund” mostly describes an inheritance or estate planning tool meant to provide a source of income to a beneficiary over a period. […]
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The "5 and 5 Power" in Trust Documents - Werner Law Firm

The "5 and 5 Power" in Trust Documents

POSTED ON: March 23, 2021 BY: Troy Werner
The "5 and 5 power" rule, also known as the "5 by 5 power" or "5 or 5 power" clause, is sometimes instated in trusts to let beneficiaries to a trust withdraw a certain amount of value from the trust every year before it is officially scheduled to distribute itself. To understand why this might […]
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How to Establish a Blind Trust - Werner Law Firm

How to Establish a Blind Trust

POSTED ON: March 15, 2021 BY: Troy Werner
Trusts exist to hold money and assets in trust for a beneficiary on behalf of a grantor or trustor. These are legal entities defined and limited by a trust document and called into existence to separate the contents of the trust from its original owner for the beneficiary. Trusts exist in many shapes and forms, […]
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Questions to Ask a Trust Attorney - Werner Law Firm

Questions to Ask a Trust Attorney

POSTED ON: March 10, 2021 BY: Troy Werner
Before you partner with a law firm, here is a list of some need-to-know questions to ask a trust attorney. A firm or attorney specializing in living trusts and estate plans can be a valuable partner nowadays. Surveys show that Americans are investing less and less time into thinking about and preparing for the future, […]
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How Life Insurance Works With Wills and Trusts - Werner Law Firm

How Life Insurance Works With Wills and Trusts

POSTED ON: February 26, 2021 BY: Troy Werner
Life insurance policies exist to provide an additional financial safety net for our loved ones in the case of an untimely death or serious illness. This is especially true for primary earners or breadwinners, who may be worried about what might happen to their family if they were to disappear. Through a life insurance policy, […]
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Spousal Property Petition: What It Is and When to Use It - Werner Law Firm

Spousal Property Petition: What It Is and When to Use It

POSTED ON: February 24, 2021 BY: Troy Werner
When a person dies, their belongings must pass onto the living. When no other arrangements are made, these belongings are usually distributed and passed among the next of kin according to the intestate laws in the decedent's home state. This process is supervised by a probate court and can be lengthy, depending on the decedent's […]
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Duties and Responsibilities of a Conservator - Werner Law Firm

Duties and Responsibilities of a Conservator

POSTED ON: February 22, 2021 BY: Troy Werner
A conservator is appointed by a court to care for an adult who is mentally or physically disabled and incapable of caring fully for themselves, or a minor in need of an adult to manage finances and properties under their name. Conservators have a fiduciary duty to their conservatees, and the exact limits of their […]
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Funding a Trust - The Werner Law Firm

Why Funding a Trust Is Important and What It Means

POSTED ON: February 19, 2021 BY: Troy Werner
To understand how a trust should be built, you need to first understand what a living trust is, how funding a trust works, and why it's important.   A trust is only worth what you fund it with – so if you decide against funding a trust, it is effectively useless. Learn more about funding […]
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What Is an Irrevocable Life Insurance Trust (ILIT)? - Werner Law Firm

What Is an Irrevocable Life Insurance Trust (ILIT)?

POSTED ON: February 16, 2021 BY: Troy Werner
Life insurance policies provide a plethora of tax advantages depending on the policy and your circumstances, especially regarding its beneficiary. But for you, the policyholder, a large life insurance policy payout after your death may count towards your estate’s total value and potentially push you over the edge of the federal and/or state estate tax […]
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What Is a Small Estate Affidavit? - Werner Law Firm

What Is a Small Estate Affidavit?

POSTED ON: February 10, 2021 BY: Troy Werner
In California, a "small estate affidavit" is often used to resolve final estate matters for a deceased person who died without a will and can help fast track the costly, lengthy process of probate. A small estate affidavit is a state-specific legal document used to skip the estates' probate process with a total value under […]
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