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Abilene KS - Kansas tax planning and trusts -- Royer & Royer Chartered , Dickinson County      Click to request assistance
Atwood KS - Kansas trust asset management -- Brown Creighton & Peckham , Rawlins County      Click to request assistance
Augusta KS - Kansas charitable remainder trusts -- All David C , Butler County      Click to request assistance
Burlington KS - Kansas living wills and medical directives -- Bryan K Joy Attorney At Law , Coffey County      Click to request assistance
Burlington KS - Kansas estate taxes, income taxes and capital gains -- Joy Bryan K Attorney At Law , Coffey County      Click to request assistance
Clay Center KS - Kansas end of life bereavement -- Wingerd Bruce H , Clay County      Click to request assistance
Clay Center KS - Kansas tax planning and trusts -- Ryan & Mullin Law Offices PA , Clay County      Click to request assistance
Coffeyville KS - Kansas trust asset management -- Southeast Kansas Legal Associates PA , Montgomery County      Click to request assistance
Colby KS - Kansas charitable remainder trusts -- Gatz John D , Thomas County      Click to request assistance
Coldwater KS - Kansas living wills and medical directives -- Herd James (Skip) , Comanche County      Click to request assistance
Concordia KS - Kansas estate taxes, income taxes and capital gains -- Swenson Brewer & Long Chartered , Cloud County      Click to request assistance
Concordia KS - Kansas end of life bereavement -- Condray & Thompson LLC , Cloud County      Click to request assistance
Derby KS - Kansas tax planning and trusts -- Burrow Arlene Attorney At Law LC , Sedgwick County      Click to request assistance
Dodge City KS - Kansas trust asset management -- Davis Tamara L PA Attorney At Law , Ford County      Click to request assistance
Emporia KS - Kansas charitable remainder trusts -- Sherman & Dean , Lyon County      Click to request assistance
Emporia KS - Kansas living wills and medical directives -- Krueger Don C Law Office , Lyon County      Click to request assistance
Emporia KS - Kansas estate taxes, income taxes and capital gains -- Shaw W Irving , Lyon County      Click to request assistance
Emporia KS - Kansas end of life bereavement -- Atherton & Huth , Lyon County      Click to request assistance
Emporia KS - Kansas tax planning and trusts -- Rayl & Jones LLC , Lyon County      Click to request assistance
Emporia KS - Kansas trust asset management -- Symmonds & Symmonds LLC , Lyon County      Click to request assistance
Emporia KS - Kansas charitable remainder trusts -- Putnam Larry J , Lyon County      Click to request assistance
Fairway KS - Kansas living wills and medical directives -- Drozd Kurt E , Johnson County      Click to request assistance
Garden City KS - Kansas estate taxes, income taxes and capital gains -- Hope Mills Bolin Collins & Ramsey , Finney County      Click to request assistance
Goddard KS - Kansas end of life bereavement -- Barrett John B , Sedgwick County      Click to request assistance
Great Bend KS - Kansas tax planning and trusts -- Watkins Calcara CHTD , Barton County      Click to request assistance
Great Bend KS - Kansas trust asset management -- Opie Glenn E Attorney , Barton County      Click to request assistance
Great Bend KS - Kansas charitable remainder trusts -- Keenan Law Firm PA , Barton County      Click to request assistance
Hays KS - Kansas living wills and medical directives -- Seibel Law Office LLC , Ellis County      Click to request assistance
Hays KS - Kansas estate taxes, income taxes and capital gains -- Glassman Bird Braun & Schwartz LLP , Ellis County      Click to request assistance
Hays KS - Kansas tax planning and trusts -- Clinkscales Law Office PA , Ellis County      Click to request assistance
Hutchinson KS - Kansas trust asset management -- Martindell Swearer & Shaffer LLP , Reno County      Click to request assistance
Hutchinson KS - Kansas charitable remainder trusts -- Gilliland & Hayes PA , Reno County      Click to request assistance
Hutchinson KS - Kansas living wills and medical directives -- Peirce Law Office , Reno County      Click to request assistance
Hutchinson KS - Kansas estate taxes, income taxes and capital gains -- Bolton Larry A , Reno County      Click to request assistance
Junction City KS - Kansas end of life bereavement -- Altenhofen & Alt Chartered , Geary County      Click to request assistance
Kingman KS - Kansas tax planning and trusts -- Martindell Swearer & Shaffer LLP , Kingman County      Click to request assistance
Larned KS - Kansas trust asset management -- Smith Burnett & Larson LLC , Pawnee County      Click to request assistance
Lawrence KS - Kansas charitable remainder trusts -- Brown David J , Douglas County      Click to request assistance
Lawrence KS - Kansas living wills and medical directives -- Scott C Stockwell LC , Douglas County      Click to request assistance
Lawrence KS - Kansas estate taxes, income taxes and capital gains -- Knox Johnson Rockwell & Babbit , Douglas County      Click to request assistance
Lawrence KS - Kansas end of life bereavement -- Petefish Immel Heeb & Hird LLP , Douglas County      Click to request assistance
Leavenworth KS - Kansas tax planning and trusts -- Crow Clothier & Associates , Leavenworth County      Click to request assistance
Leavenworth KS - Kansas trust asset management -- Bates G Ronald Jr Atty , Leavenworth County      Click to request assistance
Leawood KS - Kansas charitable remainder trusts -- Beal Glen G JD , Johnson County      Click to request assistance
Leawood KS - Kansas living wills and medical directives -- Smith Stephanie M , Johnson County      Click to request assistance
Liberal KS - Kansas estate taxes, income taxes and capital gains -- Gilmore Shellenberger & Maxwell PA , Seward County      Click to request assistance
Manhattan KS - Kansas end of life bereavement -- Oleen Kent Attorney At Law , Riley County      Click to request assistance
Manhattan KS - Kansas tax planning and trusts -- Weiner Don , Riley County      Click to request assistance
Marion KS - Kansas trust asset management -- Brookens & Collett , Marion County      Click to request assistance
McPherson KS - Kansas charitable remainder trusts -- Karstetter & Klenda LLC , Mcpherson County      Click to request assistance
McPherson KS - Kansas living wills and medical directives -- Colle Britt , Mcpherson County      Click to request assistance
McPherson KS - Kansas estate taxes, income taxes and capital gains -- Bremyer & Wise LLC , Mcpherson County      Click to request assistance
Mission KS - Kansas end of life bereavement -- Westphal Law Office LLC , Johnson County      Click to request assistance
Newton KS - Kansas tax planning and trusts -- Nye & Nye , Harvey County      Click to request assistance
Newton KS - Kansas trust asset management -- Goossen Law Office , Harvey County      Click to request assistance
Newton KS - Kansas charitable remainder trusts -- Sizemore Burns & Gilmore PA , Harvey County      Click to request assistance
Oberlin KS - Kansas living wills and medical directives -- Lund Law Firm Chartered , Decatur County      Click to request assistance
Olathe KS - Kansas estate taxes, income taxes and capital gains -- Williams Law Group LLC , Johnson County      Click to request assistance
Overland Park KS - Kansas tax planning and trusts -- Zarter Law Firm LLC , Johnson County      Click to request assistance
Overland Park KS - Kansas trust asset management -- Will & Trust Center , Johnson County      Click to request assistance
Overland Park KS - Kansas charitable remainder trusts -- Vold & Morris Law Office , Johnson County      Click to request assistance
Overland Park KS - Kansas living wills and medical directives -- Will & Trust Center , Johnson County      Click to request assistance
Overland Park KS - Kansas estate taxes, income taxes and capital gains -- Kraft Law Firm , Johnson County      Click to request assistance
Overland Park KS - Kansas end of life bereavement -- Gaston Patrick D , Johnson County      Click to request assistance
Pratt KS - Kansas tax planning and trusts -- Megaffin & Brown Chartered , Pratt County      Click to request assistance
Pratt KS - Kansas trust asset management -- Hanson & Jorns LLC , Pratt County      Click to request assistance
Salina KS - Kansas charitable remainder trusts -- Kennedy Berkley Yarnevich & Williamson Cht'd , Saline County      Click to request assistance
Salina KS - Kansas living wills and medical directives -- Thompson & Heidrick Attys , Saline County      Click to request assistance
Salina KS - Kansas estate taxes, income taxes and capital gains -- Diederich Daniel K , Saline County      Click to request assistance
Salina KS - Kansas end of life bereavement -- Montoya Michael A PA , Saline County      Click to request assistance
Shawnee KS - Kansas tax planning and trusts -- Chapin Law Firm LLC , Johnson County      Click to request assistance
Shawnee KS - Kansas trust asset management -- Lamfers & Associates L C , Johnson County      Click to request assistance
Shawnee KS - Kansas charitable remainder trusts -- Evans & Mullinix PA , Johnson County      Click to request assistance
Topeka KS - Kansas living wills and medical directives -- Nystrom K Kirk Atty , Shawnee County      Click to request assistance
Topeka KS - Kansas estate taxes, income taxes and capital gains -- Mackey Rachel , Shawnee County      Click to request assistance
Topeka KS - Kansas end of life bereavement -- Biles James Richard , Shawnee County      Click to request assistance
Topeka KS - Kansas tax planning and trusts -- Harmon Richard , Shawnee County      Click to request assistance
Topeka KS - Kansas trust asset management -- Bobo O W III , Shawnee County      Click to request assistance
Topeka KS - Kansas charitable remainder trusts -- Sloan Eisenbarth Glassman McEntire & Jarboe LLC , Shawnee County      Click to request assistance
Topeka KS - Kansas living wills and medical directives -- Mackey Rachel Attorney At Law , Shawnee County      Click to request assistance
Topeka KS - Kansas estate taxes, income taxes and capital gains -- Burson Margo E , Shawnee County      Click to request assistance
Topeka KS - Kansas end of life bereavement -- Morris Laing Evans Brock & Kennedy Chartered , Shawnee County      Click to request assistance
Wichita KS - Kansas tax planning and trusts -- Rose Ronald B , Sedgwick County      Click to request assistance
Wichita KS - Kansas trust asset management -- Thompson Pamela , Sedgwick County      Click to request assistance
Wichita KS - Kansas charitable remainder trusts -- Slape & Howard Chtd , Sedgwick County      Click to request assistance
Wichita KS - Kansas living wills and medical directives -- Brown Dengler Good & Rider LC , Sedgwick County      Click to request assistance
Wichita KS - Kansas estate taxes, income taxes and capital gains -- McGivern Sean M. , Sedgwick County      Click to request assistance
Wichita KS - Kansas end of life bereavement -- Shultz Law Office, Sedgwick County      Click to request assistance
Wichita KS - Kansas tax planning and trusts -- Studtmann Michael J PA , Sedgwick County      Click to request assistance
Wichita KS - Kansas trust asset management -- McCafferty Michael L , Sedgwick County      Click to request assistance
Wichita KS - Kansas charitable remainder trusts -- Triplett Woolf & Garretson LLC , Sedgwick County      Click to request assistance
Wichita KS - Kansas living wills and medical directives -- Hinkle Elkouri Law Firm LLC , Sedgwick County      Click to request assistance
Wichita KS - Kansas estate taxes, income taxes and capital gains -- Gulledge Cathleen A LLC Law Office Of , Sedgwick County      Click to request assistance
Wichita KS - Kansas end of life bereavement -- Kaplan McMillan & Harris Attys, Sedgwick County      Click to request assistance
Wichita KS - Kansas tax planning and trusts -- Craft Julia A, Sedgwick County      Click to request assistance
Wichita KS - Kansas trust asset management -- Minter Law Firm , Sedgwick County      Click to request assistance
Wichita KS - Kansas charitable remainder trusts -- Rupper James P , Sedgwick County      Click to request assistance
Wichita KS - Kansas living wills and medical directives -- Foote Richard V PA , Sedgwick County      Click to request assistance
Wichita KS - Kansas estate taxes, income taxes and capital gains -- Larson Tim J JD PA , Sedgwick County      Click to request assistance
Wichita KS - Kansas end of life bereavement -- McDowell Thomas C , Sedgwick County      Click to request assistance
Wichita KS - Kansas tax planning and trusts -- Dugan & Dugan Attys LLC , Sedgwick County      Click to request assistance

 

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About Estate Planning and Trust Management

Estate Planning
Trust Management

Estate Planning

A key deficiency in the process of planning for long term care occurs when seniors fail to provide for orderly distribution of assets at death and fail to let their family know what to do when the senior can no longer handle his or her own affairs.

Estate planning from a qualified estate planning attorney, a financial adviser who specializes in estate planning or a CPA planner is the design of documents to provide the orderly transfer of assets and property to the next generation. Wills, living trusts and a myriad of other trust documents or business arrangements to avoid estate taxes, income tax and real estate capitol gains are some of the principal documents used. Estate planning also concerns issues of business succession or disability of a business owner.

Many estate planners are also adding final directive or end-of-life documents such as living wills, powers of attorney and special medical directives. But often these are considered secondary to the process of transferring assets or property. Unfortunately, these documents are much more important to family caregivers dealing with the needs of elderly loved ones.

Estate planners also need to become more involved in the planning process for long term care by helping in the production of a written long term care plan. This should also include meetings with potential family caregivers and instructions or checklists for these people. This important aspect of planning is often overlooked.

Elders or their families who are assisting them should insist on more careful planning for long term care issues when doing an estate plan.

Some advisers have recognized this need and have put together a team of experts such as attorneys, care managers and financial planners who provide a more complete and comprehensive approach to estate planning, long term care and end-of-life issues.

Trust Management

Many people who create trusts or wills or both will designate a trust company or bank to be a trustee for their property instead of using a member of the family or close friend to do this. The reason is that, all too often, assets are mismanaged or even stolen by family members or friends. Using a trust company that has a legally mandated, public fiduciary responsibility avoids this problem.

Trust companies are valuable partners in the management of trusts and in the process of estate planning. These companies, for a small fee, will manage and invest assets, maintain escrow accounts, hold property pending an exchange sale, provide life insurance and income annuities and provide safekeeping of valuables.

A trust is a legal document that "entrusts" property to a trustee (a bank, attorney, individual or trust company) to manage for a person or persons (beneficiaries of the trust) whom the maker of the trust wants to benefit. In most cases, the maker of a trust is creating a benefit for a loved one that will be distributed after the death of the creator or maker of the trust. Trusts usually involve very specific and detailed instructions on how a trustee is to carry out the duty of managing or distributing the property on behalf of a beneficiary.

A trustee will manage investments, keep records, manage assets and prepare court accountings, paying bills and (depending on the nature of the trust) medical expenses, charitable gifts, inheritances or other distributions of income and principal.

A trust relationship is also created in a will when the maker of the will specifies an entity to be an executor or personal representative of the estate. This person or company then becomes a trustee for the deceased individual who made the will. The responsibilities of an executor in settling the estate of a deceased person include collecting debts, settling claims for debt and taxes, accounting for assets to the courts and distributing wealth to beneficiaries.

A third party trust officer such as a bank, attorney or trust company may also assume the role of a guardian for a minor child, distributing assets in a prearranged manner when the child becomes an adult. Or the trust officer may also act on behalf of a developmentally disabled or mentally retarded person distributing assets under a special needs trust.

Trusts are most often used with estate planning. The purpose of estate planning is to minimize the cost and streamline the process of distributing assets to the next generation. Here are some of the more common reasons people create trusts in estate planning.

  • To avoid probate
  • To minimize or eliminate estate taxes
  • To create life insurance trusts
  • To avoid capital gains taxes on the sale of property
  • To create an annuity income through charitable gifting
  • To receive a charitable gifting income tax deduction
  • To manage assets on behalf of a minor or someone who can't handle his or her own affairs