How to Use living trust in a Sentence

living trust

noun
  • John and Diane Hogan sold the home through a living trust.
    Ebony Day, The Arizona Republic, 18 Aug. 2020
  • Dear Liz: My husband and I made a living trust in 2004.
    Liz Weston, oregonlive, 26 Feb. 2022
  • Most assets that aren’t in the living trust go through probate.
    Bob Carlson, Forbes, 27 May 2021
  • Michael and Nirit Rubenstein sold the home through their living trust.
    Ebony Day, azcentral, 1 June 2020
  • One morning in April, Derreumaux sat down to write a living trust.
    Gregory Thomas, San Francisco Chronicle, 30 May 2021
  • Pamela and James Anderson, trustees of the Anderson living trust, sold the home.
    Ebony Day, The Arizona Republic, 5 Oct. 2020
  • Check your will or living trust and change as necessary.
    Tom Cooney and Crystal Faulkner, The Enquirer, 12 Oct. 2021
  • Dear Liz: My dad set up a living trust that included his house, which has a mortgage on it.
    Liz Weston, oregonlive, 10 Apr. 2021
  • Wendell and Debra Pickett sold the home through their living trust.
    Ebony Day, azcentral, 6 Apr. 2020
  • The best approach for most people is to have both a POA and a revocable living trust.
    Bob Carlson, Forbes, 21 Apr. 2021
  • Watch out for probate triggers Dear Liz: My wife and I have a living trust that includes most of our assets.
    Liz Weston, San Diego Union-Tribune, 12 Nov. 2023
  • Find any estate planning documents, such as a will or a living trust, to start the process of settling the estate.
    Liz Weston, oregonlive, 9 Jan. 2021
  • Timothy and Susan Stuart sold the house through their living trust.
    Ebony Day, azcentral, 18 May 2020
  • There's no specific dollar amount of assets for which a living trust becomes a good idea.
    Andrew Theen, OregonLive.com, 14 Jan. 2018
  • Beneficiaries need to be named for assets that avoid probate and aren’t controlled by a living trust.
    Bob Carlson, Forbes, 3 Sep. 2021
  • An estate plan, however, is bigger than a living trust.
    Kendra Rey, Dallas News, 24 May 2022
  • Yet, a living trust has no effect unless it is given legal title to assets.
    Bob Carlson, Forbes, 27 May 2021
  • Two common examples are when the owner dies and the house title transfers as part of the owner’s estate, and when the owner creates a living trust and transfers the house title into the trust.
    Dallas News, 22 Nov. 2020
  • When creating the foundation, Newman laid out specific plans on its structure in a living trust.
    Winston Cho, The Hollywood Reporter, 24 Aug. 2022
  • An alternative, or better yet a complement, to the POA is the revocable living trust.
    Bob Carlson, Forbes, 21 Apr. 2021
  • To further complicate matters, a living trust or a will can have provisions that create a bypass trust after someone dies.
    Liz Weston, oregonlive, 10 Apr. 2022
  • The assets that pass through a revocable living trust are nonprobate assets.
    Dallas News, 5 July 2020
  • Also, a will and a durable power of attorney for health care matters, money, and children are regular items that get addressed while completing a living trust.
    Q.ai - Powering A Personal Wealth Movement, Forbes, 9 Oct. 2022
  • Revocable living trusts are designed to eliminate the potential costs and delays of probate, not of the estate tax system.
    Liz Weston, OregonLive.com, 21 Jan. 2018
  • With a living trust, your successor trustee will be able to access other funds in the trust to make the payments while the estate is being settled, said Jennifer Sawday, an estate planning attorney in Long Beach.
    Liz Weston, San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 Dec. 2023
  • Perhaps the most basic and widespread estate planning mistake is failing to fund a revocable living trust.
    Bob Carlson, Forbes, 27 May 2021
  • Buyers whose names didn't appear to be a person or a family or living trust were categorized as an investor or other entity.
    Patrick Clark, Fortune, 7 Jan. 2022
  • Your living trust should name a successor trustee who can take over managing your affairs if you should become incapacitated or die.
    Liz Weston, oregonlive, 17 Oct. 2020
  • Priscilla Presley’s court filing says there are several issues that bring the living trust amendment’s authenticity into doubt.
    Andrew Dalton, Fortune, 31 Jan. 2023
  • Priscilla Presley's court filing says there are several issues that bring the living trust amendment's authenticity into doubt.
    Andrew Dalton, USA TODAY, 31 Jan. 2023

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