How to Use living trust in a Sentence
living trust
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John and Diane Hogan sold the home through a living trust.
—Ebony Day, The Arizona Republic, 18 Aug. 2020
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Dear Liz: My husband and I made a living trust in 2004.
—Liz Weston, oregonlive, 26 Feb. 2022
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Most assets that aren’t in the living trust go through probate.
—Bob Carlson, Forbes, 27 May 2021
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Michael and Nirit Rubenstein sold the home through their living trust.
—Ebony Day, azcentral, 1 June 2020
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One morning in April, Derreumaux sat down to write a living trust.
—Gregory Thomas, San Francisco Chronicle, 30 May 2021
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Pamela and James Anderson, trustees of the Anderson living trust, sold the home.
—Ebony Day, The Arizona Republic, 5 Oct. 2020
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Check your will or living trust and change as necessary.
—Tom Cooney and Crystal Faulkner, The Enquirer, 12 Oct. 2021
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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
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Wendell and Debra Pickett sold the home through their living trust.
—Ebony Day, azcentral, 6 Apr. 2020
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The best approach for most people is to have both a POA and a revocable living trust.
—Bob Carlson, Forbes, 21 Apr. 2021
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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
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Timothy and Susan Stuart sold the house through their living trust.
—Ebony Day, azcentral, 18 May 2020
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There's no specific dollar amount of assets for which a living trust becomes a good idea.
—Andrew Theen, OregonLive.com, 14 Jan. 2018
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Beneficiaries need to be named for assets that avoid probate and aren’t controlled by a living trust.
—Bob Carlson, Forbes, 3 Sep. 2021
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An estate plan, however, is bigger than a living trust.
—Kendra Rey, Dallas News, 24 May 2022
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Yet, a living trust has no effect unless it is given legal title to assets.
—Bob Carlson, Forbes, 27 May 2021
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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
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When creating the foundation, Newman laid out specific plans on its structure in a living trust.
—Winston Cho, The Hollywood Reporter, 24 Aug. 2022
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An alternative, or better yet a complement, to the POA is the revocable living trust.
—Bob Carlson, Forbes, 21 Apr. 2021
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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
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The assets that pass through a revocable living trust are nonprobate assets.
—Dallas News, 5 July 2020
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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
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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
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Perhaps the most basic and widespread estate planning mistake is failing to fund a revocable living trust.
—Bob Carlson, Forbes, 27 May 2021
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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
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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
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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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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
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Revocable living trusts also don't get special estate tax treatment.
—Liz Weston, OregonLive.com, 21 Jan. 2018
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Priscilla Presley's court filing alleges there are several issues that bring the living trust amendment's authenticity into doubt.
—CBS News, 31 Jan. 2023
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