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What issues give rise to trust disputes and litigation?
What issues give rise to trust disputes and litigation?
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What issues give rise to trust disputes and litigation?
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well the most common trust disputes
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involve beneficiaries who feel they
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should not have been left out who
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contested trust and those follow many of
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the same rules as a will contest however
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a trustee may also be sued if the
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beneficiaries don’t believe the trustee
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is doing his or ja his or her job
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faithfully and in a timely manner a
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trustee may be sued if the beneficiaries
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believe the trustee is treating one
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beneficiary better than another it’s
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often the case that parents will leave
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their house to a single beneficiary or
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that they will wish to but the trust
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will make it unclear how that should
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work and often it cannot work if the
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beneficiaries are intended to have equal
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shares then they may end up fighting
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over the house or other assets of the
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decedent and all this is a situation
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that decedent’s we believe wish to avoid
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and that with careful estate planning
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they should be able to avoid so the
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first step to an effective trust
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administration is an effective estate
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plan second is that the trustee should
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receive good legal advice from
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experienced estate planning attorneys
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but finally you know if it does come to
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pass that the beneficiaries cannot agree
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and there is a dispute you know our firm
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is prepared to step in in those
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situations as well
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San Mateo, CA estates & probate lawyer Jeffrey Loew talks about what common issues give rise to trust disputes and litigation.
