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Living trusts, estate planning, and probate avoidance guides for all 50 states.
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Types of Trusts
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Revocable Living Trust
The most common trust. You create it, fund it with assets, control it during your lifetime, and it distributes assets to beneficiaries at death — bypassing probate entirely.
Irrevocable Trust
Once created, the grantor gives up control. The assets are removed from the taxable estate and protected from creditors. Used for tax planning and asset protection.
Special Needs Trust
Holds assets for a disabled beneficiary without disqualifying them from government benefits like Medicaid or SSI. Can be funded by the beneficiary (first-party) or a third party.
Credit Shelter / Bypass Trust
Married couples use this to maximize use of both spouses' estate tax exemptions. At the first death, assets up to the exemption fund the bypass trust, sheltered from estate tax at the second death.
Charitable Remainder Trust (CRT)
You contribute appreciated assets to the trust, take an income stream for life, and receive a partial charitable deduction. The remaining assets go to charity at death.
Domestic Asset Protection Trust (DAPT)
An irrevocable trust that lets the grantor be a discretionary beneficiary while still protecting assets from future creditors. Only available in select states (Delaware, Nevada, South Dakota, Alaska).
Dynasty Trust
A long-term irrevocable trust designed to pass wealth across multiple generations while minimizing estate and generation-skipping taxes. Can last perpetually in some states.
Land / Real Estate Trust
Holds real estate in a trust to provide privacy (the owner's name doesn't appear in public records), simplify transfers, and avoid the need for ancillary probate in multiple states.
States With Estate or Inheritance Tax
These states impose their own estate or inheritance tax on top of the federal estate tax. Trust planning is especially important here.
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