When planning your estate, you should understand different trust options available, such as testamentary trusts and living trusts. A testamentary trust is created through a will and only becomes ...

In Private Letter Ruling 201444003 (released Oct. 31, 2014), the Internal Revenue Service determined that a testamentary power of appointment (POA) didn’t constitute a general POA under Internal ...

I recently helped an executor administer an estate that poured over to an unfunded revocable trust. Although the decedent failed to use the trust to avoid probate, the trust made probate easy. The ...

Most people should consider having one or more trusts in their estate plans. To make decisions about trusts you must be aware of trust terminology and basic concepts about the most common types of ...

The creator and signer of a Will is known as a testator. Testamentary capacity, therefore, is the ability of the testator to knowingly sign his or her Will. There are numerous ailments that may result ...

Julia Kagan is a financial/consumer journalist and former senior editor, personal finance, of Investopedia. Ebony Howard is a certified public accountant and a QuickBooks ProAdvisor tax expert. She ...

Providing for the next generation is a key concern for many clients. Mark Gleeson takes a look at core testamentary trusts and child pensions. Estate planning is a critical part of holistic financial ...