One component of your estate plan may be a testamentary trust, which is a legal document, usually created within a will, that becomes effective at your death. Directing assets through a testamentary ...

When planning your estate, you should understand different trust options available, such as testamentary trusts and living trusts. A testamentary trust is created through a will and only becomes ...

As you sit down with your financial advisor to create an estate plan, one option that may arise is a testamentary trust. A testamentary trust is a type of trust that’s created in a last will and ...

I recently helped an executor administer an estate that poured over to an unfunded revocable trust. Although the decedent failed to use the trust to avoid probate, the trust made probate easy. The ...

JOHANNESBURG - Often the testator or testatrix directs in his or her will that his or her assets be transferred into a trust to be formed upon his or her death. A testamentary trust is then formed ...

A testamentary trust, also sometimes referred to as a will trust, is a commonly used trust when it comes to estate planning. Unlike an inter-vivos trust which comes into existing during the lifetime ...

The trustee of an annuity trust created under Article EIGHTEENTH of the will of Max Mandel brings this proceeding to construe provisions of the will establishing the trust. The testator died on June 3 ...

If you are drawing up your will and want to leave money to a minor child, using a testamentary trust is one way to do so. This legal document can also be beneficial in other situations, such as if you ...

One component of your estate plan may be a testamentary trust, which is a legal document, usually created within a will, that becomes effective at your death. Directing assets through a testamentary ...