Brette Sember, J.D.
Brette is a former attorney and has been a writer and editor for more than 25 years. She is the author of more than 40 books, many of them about legal topics. Brette has written, edited, and consulted for a large number of legal outlets, legal websites, legal practice management software companies, online legal service companies, and law firms. She is a national expert on divorce and family law. View her work on her website.
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Create a Living Trust in Connecticut
A living trust can help you avoid the cost and time of probate, and offers more control over your estate than a last will. Find out how a living trust works in Connecticut.
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Create a Living Trust in North Carolina
A North Carolina living trust is an estate planning tool that allows you to have your assets owned by your trust during your lifetime and distributed after your death. A revocable living trust provides a wide range of benefits.
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Create a Living Trust in Arizona
A living trust can help your estate avoid the frustrations and cost of probate. An Arizona living trust can avoid probate entirely, and offers other estate planning benefits. Find out more about living trusts and how they can help you.
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Create a Living Trust in Maryland
A living trust can help you avoid the lengthy and expensive probate process and give you control over your assets during your lifetime. Find out more about how living trusts can help your Maryland estate plan.
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Create a Living Trust in New Mexico
A New Mexico living trust protects and maintains your assets for your exclusive use during your life and passes them to your beneficiaries after your death. A revocable living trust (inter vivos trust) can be an important part of your estate planning process.
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Create a Living Trust in North Dakota
A North Dakota living trust allows you to keep your assets in a trust while also continuing to use and manage them during life. The use of a revocable living trust (also called an inter vivos trust) as part of estate planning is a popular option.
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Create a Living Trust in Hawaii
Last wills help manage your estate after you die, but they do not avoid the time consumsing and expensive probate process. A living trust can help you avoid the expense of probate. Learn more about living trusts in Hawaii.
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Create a Living Trust in Utah
A living trust in Utah is an estate planning tool that allows you to use and control your assets while you are alive and pass them to your beneficiaries after your death. A revocable living trust (also referred to as an inter vivos trust) provides flexibility and privacy not available with other estate planning options.
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Create a Living Trust in New York
A living trust in N.Y. allows you to place your assets into a trust but still use them during your lifetime. Your beneficiaries inherit them after your death. A revocable living trust (sometimes known as an inter vivos trust) provides different advantages.
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Create a Living Trust in Montana
A living trust can help you manage your property while you are alive, and when you pass away. Living trusts offer more protections than last wills in some cases, and can help your family avoid the expensive probate process. Find out more about how living trusts work in Montana.
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