Category: Trust Beneficiary

property

Can a Trust beneficiary live rent free in a real property owned by the Trust? How about the Trustee who is also a beneficiary, can he or she live in real property rent free? The answer is no, but then again maybe. Wait this sounds confusing, so let’s break it down a bit. While the […]

free rent

If you are a Trust beneficiary do you have the right to live in Trust property rent-free? What if another beneficiary is occupying real property of the Trust, can they do that rent free? Find out more in our latest video.

trustee

If you are the beneficiary of a San Diego Trust that gives the Trustee the power to make discretionary distributions to you, you may have more rights than you think. While Trustee’s can use discretion to make distributions, they cannot refuse to distribute for no reason at all. In this video we describe some of […]

tightrope

Some Trust administrations go smoothly and others devolve into all-out warfare in Court, but somewhere between harmony and all-out war stands troubled Trust administrations. Those are the Trusts where the Trustee and the beneficiaries can’t seem to agree on anything. Where information is not easily shared, decisions are questioned, and everything seems to be hostile. […]

As if Trust law wasn’t confusing enough already, here’s a little known twist on how to change or simply terminate your revocable Trust. Once a revocable Trust is created, you retain the power to either amend the Trust and change its terms around, or to terminate the Trust altogether (referred as revoking the Trust). But […]

 Every beneficiary of a Trust has a right to information. What do you want to know about your Trust? What the assets are, how much each asset is worth, the expenses of the Trust, the timeline for paying creditors, the need for a preliminary or final distribution? All fair requests to make and it […]