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Trust Mills Can Be Financial Traps

Consumer:  I’m exploring estate planning options, including living trusts. I’ve read recent warnings about “trust mills.” What are these?

Attorney General Rob McKenna:  In the past several years, my office has seen an increase in deceptive salespeople aggressively promoting living trusts to senior citizens who may not need them.

These salespeople exploit seniors’ fears that their estates could be eaten up by probate costs or that distribution of their assets could be delayed for years. They also use financial information obtained from seniors who sign up for living trusts to push the sale of other financial products, such as reverse mortgages and high-commission annuities. Harm caused by trust mills is often not discovered until after a senior has passed away. The Attorney General’s Office Consumer Protection Division has been bringing cases against living trust mills for more than a decade. Read more at atg.wa.gov.

 

 

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You May Be Able To Avoid Probate
A living trust is one way someone may be able to eliminate the need for probate. This trust holds legal title to your property after your death and will survive you after your death. Always consult a probate lawyer first.

 


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Probate Terms

 
 


Today's Terms

Will

Definition:
A legal document that directs where a person's property should go after that person dies.

Living Trust

Definition:
A living trust is an estate planning device that allows a person to transfer assets to one or more persons before and after they die.

Codicil

Definition:
An amendment to a will. It is a separate document.

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Topics Related to Probate:

  • Probate Court
  • Last Will and Testament
  • Living Will
  • Power of Attorney
  • Trust Planning
  • Asset Protection
  • Special Needs Trusts

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Pennsylvania Probate Attorney

 
If you live in the following cities and need an probate attorney you should contact our Probate Attorney as soon as possible:


  • Aliquippa
  • Allentown
  • Bensalem
  • Bethlehem
  • Butler
  • Carlisle
  • Chambersburg
  • Chester
  • Coatesville
  • Coraopolis
  • Downingtown
  • Doylestown
  • East Stroudsburg
  • Easton
  • Greensburg
  • Hanover
  • Havertown
  • Hazleton
  • Irwin
  • Lancaster
  • Lansdale
  • Lebanon
  • Lititz
  • Media
  • Morrisville
  • New Castle
  • New Kensington
  • Norristown
  • Philadelphia
  • Pittsburgh
  • Pottstown
  • Southampton
  • State College
  • Uniontown
  • Upper Darby
  • Warminster
  • Washington
  • West Chester
  • Wilkes Barre
  • Williamsport
  • York


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