Pour-Over Will Attorney Sacramento
What Is a Pour-Over Will?
In California estate planning, a testator is a person who has executed a last will and testament that is in effect at the time of his/her death, and the pour-over will is one type of will that a testator can execute.
A pour-over will is a type of will where there is only one beneficiary: the testator’s revocable living trust.
To ensure that assets are subject to the distribution plan in the trust, the pour-over must be created.
The reason it’s called a pour-over will is that it “pours” the assets into the trust.
Without a pour-over will, the testator’s assets could be distributed under the California probate code, and be contrary to the testator’s intent. For example, a testator may have disinherited his siblings under his trust, but if an asset is not titled in the trust, and a pour-over will is not created to bring that asset back into the trust, the siblings would inherit that asset in probate court.
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Types of Assets Controlled By a Pour-Over Will
What are probate assets?
It’s not always necessary to probate a Pour-Over Will.
What Happens Without a Pour-Over Will?
When Must The Pour-Over Will Be Created
Guardianship Provisions for Pour-Over Wills
Sacramento Pour-Over Wills Experts
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