Friday, May 18, 2012

I’ve Been Named as Trustee in a Living Trust, Now What?

May 28, 2009 by  
Filed under Estate Planning

As trustee, you will have fiduciary duties to carry out the terms of the trust.  A fiduciary is a person who is responsible for taking care of something that belongs to someone else.  Under the law, fiduciaries owe legally-enforceable duties to the people on whose behalf they handle property.  In this case, you will owe [...]