{"id":5294,"date":"2016-09-27T17:11:40","date_gmt":"2016-09-27T17:11:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.racinelaw.net\/?p=5294"},"modified":"2016-09-27T17:11:40","modified_gmt":"2016-09-27T17:11:40","slug":"3-things-know-minors-trust","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.racinelaw.net\/blog\/3-things-know-minors-trust\/","title":{"rendered":"3 Things to Know About a Minor\u2019s Trust"},"content":{"rendered":"<p dir=\"LTR\" align=\"JUSTIFY\">By <a href=\"https:\/\/www.racinelaw.net\/attorneys\/lane-v-erickson\">Lane V. Erickson<\/a><\/p>\n<p dir=\"LTR\" align=\"JUSTIFY\">Many of my clients are parents of children who are minors. These parents often ask me how they can transfer property to their children if they are minors at a time when the parents die. These parents raise several serious concerns about who will take care of that property and the timing of it being distributed to the children. A Minor&#8217;s Trust is an Estate Planning mechanism that can be used to protect property given to minors and provide for a plan of distribution. Here are three important things to know about a Minor&#8217;s Trust.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"LTR\" align=\"JUSTIFY\">1. A Minor\u2019s Trust Can be Included in a Last Will and Testament<\/p>\n<div class=\"read_more_link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.racinelaw.net\/blog\/3-things-know-minors-trust\/\"  title=\"Continue Reading 3 Things to Know About a Minor\u2019s Trust\" class=\"more-link\">Continue Reading \u203a<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Lane V. Erickson Many of my clients are parents of children who are minors. These parents often ask me how they can transfer property to their children if they are minors at a time when the parents die. These parents raise several serious concerns about who will take care of that property and the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5294","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-estate-planning"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>3 Things to Know About a Minor\u2019s Trust|Racine Olson<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Clients often ask me how they can transfer property to their children if they are minors at a time when the parents die. 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