A well-designed trust can help save time, paperwork and other headaches when settling an estate. Many, or all, of the products featured on this page are from our advertising partners who compensate us ...

How does a trust fund work? When a grantor is ready to allocate assets to a beneficiary, they consult a trustee and set up a system by which the beneficiary will receive those assets. Trust funds can ...

Christy Bieber has a JD from UCLA School of Law and began her career as a college instructor and textbook author. She has been writing full time for over a decade with a focus on making financial and ...