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What does it mean to fund a trust?

Trusts can be established for a variety of reasons. The most common type of trust established in Florida is a revocable trust to avoid probate upon the death of the decedent.  The first step to establishing a revocable trust is to draft and execute the document with an estate planning attorney.  Once executed, the testator can begin titling assets in the name of the trust, so that their ownership is now controlled by the trust document.  This process can be referred to as funding the trust.  The type of paperwork that the testator might need to execute to transfer ownership include a deed, assignment, or certificate of title. In order to avoid probate, the decedent should die with no assets titled in his or her sole name.  The goal is that all assets will be titled into the name of the trust, or the assets will either by jointly held or have beneficiary designations.

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