A trustee is the person — or sometimes the institution — responsible for managing your trust and making sure your money and ...

Finally, depending on how the trust is written, administration costs like legal defense, are charged against the trust and not to an individual beneficiary.

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Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about charitable giving and estate planning ideas. So, Aunt Jane just asked you to be the trustee of her trust. You were ...

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