Create a living trust-based estate plan designed to help avoid probate, maintain control during your lifetime, and make administration easier for your family after death.
Serving Monroe, St. Clair, Madison, and surrounding Illinois counties, as well as St. Louis, Jefferson, St. Charles, and surrounding Missouri counties. Virtual appointments available.
A revocable living trust is a legal arrangement used to hold and manage assets during your lifetime and distribute them after death. When properly drafted and properly funded, a living trust can help avoid probate, preserve privacy, and provide continuity if you become incapacitated.
For many clients, the trust serves as the central document in a broader estate plan that also includes a pour-over will, powers of attorney, and supporting transfer documents.
Our living trust plans are designed as coordinated estate plans, not just standalone documents.
Revocable living trust, pour-over will, powers of attorney, and related estate planning documents structured to work together.
Guidance on trust funding, including deed conveyances and tangible property assignments, so the plan is properly implemented.
Preparation of deeds transferring real estate into the trust when appropriate, including coordination for clients with property in multiple states.
Some services are available when needed, but are not included in standard package pricing.
Assets properly titled in the trust generally pass outside probate in Illinois and Missouri.
Your successor trustee can manage trust assets if you are unable to act for yourself.
Trust administration is generally more private than a public probate court proceeding.
Clear authority, defined instructions, and coordinated assets make administration easier for the people you leave behind.
We discuss your family, assets, goals, and whether a living trust is the right fit.
We prepare your trust and related documents as a coordinated estate plan.
You review drafts, ask questions, and request revisions before signing.
We supervise execution and provide implementation guidance, including deeds and tangible property assignments where appropriate.
White-glove funding assistance and asset strategizing services are also available for an additional fee. No payment is required until your estate planning documents are ready for signature.
Simple wills and coordinated testamentary planning for clients who do not need a trust-based plan.
Explore WillsFinancial and healthcare powers of attorney to strengthen incapacity planning and decision-making authority.
Explore Powers of AttorneyAdvanced trust planning for clients with asset protection, tax, long-term care, or specialized transfer objectives.
Explore Irrevocable TrustsGuidance for trustees handling the administration of a trust after incapacity or death.
Explore Trust AdministrationA will directs who receives probate assets after death, but it generally does not avoid probate. A properly funded revocable living trust is designed to hold assets during life and distribute them after death without court-supervised probate for those trust-owned assets.
It can, but only for assets that are actually transferred into the trust or otherwise coordinated with the trust plan. Signing the trust alone is not enough. Proper funding matters.
Yes. With a typical revocable living trust, you generally remain in control of your assets during your lifetime and may amend or revoke the trust while you have capacity.
Yes. We provide funding guidance and assist with deed conveyances and tangible property assignments. White-glove trust funding and asset strategizing are available as add-on services.
Cost depends on the complexity of your family, assets, and planning goals. We discuss scope and pricing during the consultation. Amendments, restatements, white-glove funding, and advanced planning features are priced separately when applicable.
Schedule a confidential consultation to discuss whether a revocable living trust makes sense for your family, assets, and goals.
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