Living trusts can be a much talked about topic in neuro-scientific estate planning, and for good reason. You may have heard financial planners or attorneys mention these trusts being a “will need to have” item within your planning portfolio, but could be confused about what a full-time income trust is, just what it accomplishes, and above all if you need one.

What Is A Trust?

A trust can be an arrangement in which one person, the trustee, holds legal title on the property of another person or group of people, the beneficiaries. Every trust has to have one or more trustee, one beneficiary in addition to the property which is placed into trust, referred to as the corpus. A trust document sets out the rules the trustee needs to follow when managing, distribute, and usually overseeing the corpus. A living trust, also known as an inter vivos trust, is a …