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The big keys you need to make a trust are: Intent to make a trust (California Probate Code section 15201); Mental Capacity to make a trust; A trust must have property (PC 15202) There must be a legal purpose to trust (PC15203) A trust must have a beneficiary (PC 15205)
A simple example would be the situation in which one member of a family advances money to another and asks the second member to hold the money or to invest it for him. A more complicated example of an implied trust would be the situation in which one party provides money to another for the purchase of property.
It is a fiduciary relationship between two parties. One of the parties, the trustor, grants the other party, a trustee, the right of a specific asset or property for the welfare of a third party, i.e. the beneficiary. Trusts provide legal protection to the assets of the trustor.
The usual elements of a trust are: Intent to create a trust; A specific trust ?res? (trust property); Designation of the parties (settlor, trustee and beneficiary); and. A valid trust purpose. Intent.
Assets that should not be used to fund your living trust include: Qualified retirement accounts ? 401ks, IRAs, 403(b)s, qualified annuities. Health saving accounts (HSAs) Medical saving accounts (MSAs) Uniform Transfers to Minors (UTMAs) Uniform Gifts to Minors (UGMAs) Life insurance. Motor vehicles.