Post-Death Administration
Legacy Planning Law Group knows that the best way to help our clients is to understand their post-death administration needs and help them find the right solution and path forward. If you’re interested in learning more about our trust administration services as part of our unique Estate Settlement Program, please book your free 15-minute phone call with us today!
Trust administration in Jacksonville generally describes the responsibility of running and managing a specific trust on a day-to-day basis and is handled by the trustee of the trust. If you are a trustee, you will have a wide range of duties that must be fulfilled in regard to the trust.
For example, you will need to do things like make investments, watch out for the best interests of the beneficiaries, make legal decisions and more. There are times when you will need to consult with an attorney to make sure you are complying with all the laws and terms of the trust. When the creator of the trust passes away, you will have additional responsibilities that must be fulfilled.
During the transition period, the trustee will need to perform a number of important tasks, each of which should be handled with the help of a skilled attorney. When properly done, trust administration is significantly quicker, easier and less expensive than estate administration.
If you are a trustee, or you would like to assign a trustee, please contact us to learn more about your options.
We provide trust administration services as part of our unique Estate Settlement Program.
Trust administration refers to the trustees’ management of trust property according to the trust document’s terms and for the benefit of the beneficiaries after the trustmaker’s death. There are certain steps that are required to safeguard effective trust administration. Many of the steps are similar to the steps taken for a probate and estate administration. One big difference is that unlike a probate, a trust administration is a private process which is not supervised by the court system.
One of the first steps requires the trustee to identify all of the trust assets, such as real estate and bank and investment accounts, and transfer the title of those assets into the trustee’s name as the successor trustee. The successor trustee is required to pay the trustmaker’s debts and satisfy his or her liabilities including taxes. The trustee must keep a detailed accounting of the trust. This involves using trust funds to wind up the deceased’s affairs and overseeing all trust activity, including deposits and distributions from the trust. Finally, once the assets have been collected, the debts have been paid, the tax returns have been filed, and the liabilities have been satisfied, the trustee will distribute the remaining trust assets. The terms of the trust document will order how the trust assets should be dispersed among the beneficiaries.
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