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A trust is a legal arrangement through which a trustee holds your assets for your benefit or that of your beneficiaries.

A) True
B) False

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Question 72

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Which of the following would be a benefit of establishing a trust?

A) It can reduce or provide payment for estate taxes.
B) It can allow you to avoid probate and transfer assets immediately to beneficiaries.
C) It can free you from managing your assets, while providing you a regular income.
D) It can ensure that your property serves a desired purpose after you die.
E) A trust can do everything listed in the other answers.

F) B) and C)
G) A) and E)

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Question 73

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A legal arrangement through which your assets are held by a trustee for your benefit or that of your beneficiaries is called a:

Joint ownership is a good substitute for a will.

If you establish a(n) ____________ trust, you retain the right to end the trust or change its terms.

If you establish a(n) ____________ trust, you cannot change its terms or end it.

The adjusted gross estate is equal to the gross estate minus debts and costs.

It is unnecessary to modify your will when you divorce or remarry.

Benjamin Barry has been named by Andie Anderson to follow her instructions and distribute her assets as she has designated in her will, pay any bills, and collect any money owed to her. To which position has Benjamin been named?

If you die intestate, the state's law of descent and distribution becomes your will.

Which statement is not true about an ethical will?

An estate plan is usually implemented by a will and one or more trust agreements.

A simple will, or I love you will, leaves everything to the spouse.

Which of the following is not a true statement about a holographic will?

Most people cannot afford the expense of setting up trusts.

A will in which everything passes to the spouse except the exemption amount is called the exemption trust will.

A handwritten will is called a(n) :

A generation-skipping trust allows people to directly leave a substantial amount of money to their grandchildren.

A statutory will is one type of formal will.

Brenda Johnson has used a preprinted form that she got from the internet to create her will. However, she was unhappy with one section of the will and crossed out the parts she didn't like and hand wrote the changes she wanted. The changes that she made most likely made her will: