Understanding Different Types of Trust Formation

Your estate plan may benefit from the formation of a revocable or irrevocable trust if you wish to avoid probate or need certain guarantees as to how your legacy continues:

• Privacy
• Asset protection
• Investment uses
• Tax planning
• Ownership structure

John H. Ruby & Associates advises clients on the differences between revocable trusts, irrevocable trusts, and other types of trusts so that your beneficiaries receive the maximum possible from your estate.

Forming a Revocable Living Trust

A revocable trust is a written instrument that transfers property for your benefit while you are alive and for the benefit of people you name after you pass.

During your lifetime, you have complete control over the property in your Louisville revocable living trust:

• You are the trustee.
• You name the successor trustee who takes over upon your passing.
• You have full power to change or amend the trust.
• You have full power to revoke the trust.

In many instances, the costs associated with forming a trust are much lower than the costs of probate. The details of your revocable living trust stay private, too.

John H. Ruby & Associates can explain why revocable trusts in Louisville may be an appropriate estate planning vehicle for you.

Forming a Louisville Irrevocable Trust

Louisville irrevocable trusts offer less flexibility than a revocable trust, but the benefits are more appropriate for certain circumstances:

• Life insurance planning
• Education expenses for minor children
• Other specified expenses for minor children
• Avoidance of taxes on future-interest gifts

When you form an irrevocable trust, you give up ownership and control of the entrusted property.

The trust holds the property permanently and tax benefits accrue to the irrevocable trust or its beneficiaries rather than the former owner.

Call 888-314-8437 or email us to learn more about revocable and irrevocable trusts in Louisville.