Chapter 10 Trusts Flashcards
Probate
Is a court proceeding that settles and estates final debts and formally passes legal title to property from the decedent to his or her heirs.
Living trust
Is a legal document that provides an expert way to transfer property at a person’s death
Will
A document by which the individual instruction as to what to happen upon his or her death in regard to property and remains
estate
Is the total property Real estate and personal all of the possessions such as automobiles jewelries and bank accounts that an individual owns
Variable annuity
Combines the opportunity for tax-deferral with a choice of portfolios and the flexibility to bury annual contributions according to the investors need or market condition
401K plan
Allows employees to make text deferred contributions to a trust and direct their funds to be invested variety of choices getting their money back at departure or retirement
IRA individual retirement account
Is a great way to save for retirement there are two kinds of IRA’s traditional and Roth
Trust
Is an arrangement by which one party holds property on behalf of another party for certain to find purposes
Donor
Or settlor is the person who creates a trust
Beneficiary
Is the person for whose benefit the property is held
Corpus
Or red refers to the property that is held sometimes a distinction is made as to the principle which is the property that is held in trust and the income that the principal produces