Living trusts can help manage your assets (and taxes) while you're alive and transfer them after you die, but they have ...

A living trust is a legal document you set up while you’re alive to ensure that the assets you put in the trust, such as real estate, stock and bond holdings, CDs, and jewelry, are distributed ...

Living trusts generally allow a smoother, more organized settlement of the estate than other probate-avoidance options.

According to Trust & Will's 2025 Estate Planning Report, only 31% of Americans have a will and just 11% have established a trust, leaving 55% of Americans with no estate plan at all.