A revocable living trust avoids probate, maintains privacy, and accelerates inheritance. For most Brothers with non-trivial assets, it is the foundation of estate planning.
An irrevocable trust can shield assets from creditors and reduce estate taxes — at the cost of relinquishing control. Use only with competent counsel.
Generational wealth requires generational instruments. The richest families have used trusts for centuries; learn from them.
The Seal of the Chamber
What is held in trust outlasts the trustee.