About half of all states now let real estate owners transfer properties at death using beneficiary/transfer on death deeds. The deeds are less costly to draft than living trusts. They're also flexible ...

Question: My mother is the trustee of her revocable living trust, with me as the sole beneficiary. The only asset in the trust is my mother’s house. My mother wants to simplify things and record a ...

A grantee beneficiary is typically named in legal documents like a trust or a transfer-on-death deed. This designation allows the original asset owner (the grantor) to specify who will receive the ...