Bellevue Trust Attorney
Creating Effective Trusts for Clients In & Around Greater Bellevue
Like wills, trusts are another estate planning vehicle that can ensure the financial security of your family and beneficiaries. Many different types of trusts exist that can be structured for specific purposes. These legal documents are extremely versatile and can become effective while you are alive or go into effect after your death.
They can be revocable, meaning you can change them while alive, or irrevocable, meaning they cannot be amended. Unlike a will, they also typically do not need court validation and can go into effect outside of the probate process. This saves time, money, and emotional stress for your heirs.
Why Choose Our Bellevue Trust Lawyer?
At Kirschner Rychlick PLLC, every trust attorney has more than a decade of experience in drafting and executing effective and valid trusts for clients. In addition, our law estate planning firm focuses the lion’s share of its practice on estate law and planning. Thus we have a deep understanding of what various trusts can do, how to create effective trust documents, and how to help you avoid any pitfalls in this matter.
Our estate planning lawyers will start by getting a comprehensive understanding of your estate, family dynamics, and your legal objectives to ensure that we strategize the optimum and most useful trust(s) for you.
Let a Bellevue trust lawyer answer your questions concerning a trust in an estate planning consult. Phone us at (206) 203-8802 to book your consultation or contact us online.
What Is a Trust?
A trust is a legal method for the transfer of your estate. It creates a fiduciary relationship in which you as the trustor give someone else (the trustee) the authority to manage your property and assets for the benefit of one or more third parties (your heirs and beneficiaries).
Various types of trusts that can be set up include but are not limited to:
- Living trusts
- Revocable trusts
- Irrevocable trusts
- Charitable trusts
- Trusts set up for those with special needs
- Pet trusts
- Asset protection trusts
What Is a Living Trust?
One of the most common trusts used in estate planning is the living trust. These are usually revocable trusts set up to transfer your assets to loved ones after your death. It is named a living trust because it is created while you are alive and you generally act as the trustee, managing your assets according to your wishes. When you pass away, the trustees whom you have designated to administer your trust at that point take over.
They have a legal and fiduciary duty to pass your assets along to your beneficiaries according to the instructions you have left in the trust documents. Because your trust does not have to be “probated,” your assets and belongings can be distributed directly and immediately to your named heirs and beneficiaries.
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Recent Case Victories
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Judgment Successfully Overturned Millennium Drilling Company v. Beverly Myers, et. al.
Mr. Kirschner and the appellate team were successful in overturning the judgment rendered by the jury and having a judgment entered in his client’s favor.
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Award Obtained for Client John Lynch and Kellie Fuhr Family Trust, et, al. v. Tyche Entertainment, LLC
Mr. Kirschner brought a successful suit by members of the LLC to have a receiver appointed over Tyche Entertainment, LLC and dissolution. At trial, Mr. Kirschner was successful in showing over one million dollars in improper transfer to managers and obtained an award for his client.
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Home Returned to Rightful Owner Charlotte Louise Bentley v. Estate of Lacy Elaine Willequer
The action was brought after guardians of the elderly and disabled Charlotte Bentley discovered that her home had been transferred away to an estranged family member. Mr. Kirschner was able to successfully and quickly obtain the return of her home without trial.
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Experience
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