Re: Revocable Trust

On Apr 28, 10:58 am, Don <dwz...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> On 2008-04-28 02:05:40 -0700, PeterL <po.n...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> said:
>
> > Isn't part of the process of establi****ng a revocable trust the
> > transfer of assets into that trust?  When I had mine done the lawyer
> > who did it also helped me transfer my assets into the trust.  It's
> > part of the whole package of service.
>
> I believe one of the problems is that people forget to transfer
> something into the trust or some years later acquire a new asset and
> forget to put it in the trust. Then it turns out probate is necessary
> after all.

Pour over wills are used to catch anything that was forgotten and/or
obtained after the trust was drafted.

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