{"id":192,"date":"2019-12-02T11:47:36","date_gmt":"2019-12-02T19:47:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.wyattlegal.com\/blog\/?p=192"},"modified":"2019-12-02T11:47:36","modified_gmt":"2019-12-02T19:47:36","slug":"sacramento-living-trust-attorney-brian-wyatt-urges-review-of-older-trusts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wyattlegal.com\/blog\/2019\/12\/02\/sacramento-living-trust-attorney-brian-wyatt-urges-review-of-older-trusts\/","title":{"rendered":"Sacramento Living Trust Attorney Brian Wyatt Urges Review of Older Trusts"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>If you live in California and have more than $150,000 in assets, having a living trust is usually a <em><strong>very good <\/strong><\/em>idea.\u00a0 If the trust is well-drafted and properly funded, it should help you avoid probate. Probate in California is an expensive, public, time-consuming process.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>So, if you\u2019ve already done your living trust, kudos to you.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>I do recommend, however, that you have your trust reviewed regularly.\u00a0 What seemed like a good plan when you signed your documents may no longer fit your circumstances.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Plus, if you\u2019re married, dramatic changes in the U.S. tax code in the past 10 years mean that your older trust may be unnecessarily complicated.\u00a0 We are seeing a lot of these older trusts in our practice and would be pleased to review yours.\u00a0 Let us help you determine whether a few changes could eliminate a hassle for your surviving spouse.\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.wyattlegal.com\/contact_us.php\">Click here<\/a> to set up a consultation.<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If you live in California and have more than $150,000 in assets, having a living trust is usually a very good idea.\u00a0 If the trust is well-drafted and properly funded, it should help you avoid probate. Probate in California is an expensive, public, time-consuming process. So, if you\u2019ve already done your living trust, kudos to&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.wyattlegal.com\/blog\/2019\/12\/02\/sacramento-living-trust-attorney-brian-wyatt-urges-review-of-older-trusts\/\">Read more&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[18],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wyattlegal.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/192"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wyattlegal.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wyattlegal.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wyattlegal.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wyattlegal.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=192"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.wyattlegal.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/192\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":194,"href":"https:\/\/www.wyattlegal.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/192\/revisions\/194"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wyattlegal.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=192"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wyattlegal.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=192"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wyattlegal.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=192"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}