Donna J. Jackson Law Blog

A trust may offer certain tax advantages.  It also allows you to exert some control over how your money or property is used, or when it is distributed.  For example, you could leave money in trust for one of your grandchildren to use to pay for her education, divide an inheritance into installments to be paid out over a number of years, or leave property to a charity for it to use for charitable purposes but not to sell or put to any other use.... Read More

A trust can help alleviate some estate taxes and ensure that your heirs receive their inheritance quickly and without the trouble and delay of probate, but the fact remains that some important wishes cannot be properly recorded or enforced through a trust, and it may be impractical to transfer some personal property to a trust.... Read More