Trust Administration Attorney

A Qualified Team to Administer Your Loved One's Trust

Has your loved one passed away with a living trust in place? Are you looking for expert help with administering the trust? The Law Offices of Antoinette Middleton has you covered.

With over 20 years of experience, we've got the know-how to complete the trust administration process correctly. Let us take this important task off your hands so that you don't have to worry about it!

Trust Administration

When a person has properly funded a living trust during their lifetime, generally, no probate is necessary to transfer his assets to his heirs at his death. Unlike a Will, a trust is a private document and does not have to be filed with the Court.

The Trustee must:

• Keep beneficiaries informed
• Gather all the assets
• Identify creditors and pay any debts
• Keep records and provide accounting
• File taxes
• Distribute assets and/or income conformity with trust provisions to beneficiaries, etc.

These activities are very similar to a probate. The major difference is that with a living trust, everything is handled privately, without court supervision, which makes for (in most cases) a faster, less expensive administration process.

• Trustees often lack the time, resources, or knowledge to personally administer the trust, and therefore may call upon legal, accounting, and investment professionals for assistance.