Creating and Managing Wills & Trusts

Description
Participants who attend this course will gain important skills to better understand the importance of wills and trusts in estate planning.

Audience
Recommended for those who want to better understand how to create and manage wills and trusts This course will focus on the importance of estate planning and understanding probate and estate taxation in order to set up and manage trusts more effectively.

Materials
Each participant will receive a 50-page workbook, which reviews each topic covered and provides resources and a glossary for future use.

Duration

2-4 hours

Objectives

• Explain the reasons for setting up wills and trusts.
• Review the many ways an estate can be transferred.
• Define intestate succession and the probate process.
• Describe seven essential objectives a will can accomplish.
• Identify twelve common will clauses.
• Discover when and how to revise and/or revoke a will.
• Uncover eight different types of wills.
• Determine seven common reasons to establish a trust.
• Distinguish between revocable versus irrevocable trusts.
• Analyze many different types of trusts including: living trusts, family trusts, charitable trusts, GRATS & GRUTS, life insurance trusts, minor’s trusts, testamentary, and other trusts.
• Compare and contrast wills versus living trusts.
• Review the three essential steps to creating an estate plan.