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Make sure your trust is updated regularly. Tax laws, family circumstances and financial situations are always changing. The living trust you create today may not be appropriate for you in five or 10 years, and the choices you have made with regard to trustees and guardians may no longer meet your needs. For these reasons, it is important to review your living trust with your attorney at least every three years.

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In addition to considering a revocable living trust, make sure you have a will, a living will, a health care power of attorney and a durable power of attorney for financial matters in place.

We hope our website has answered many of your questions about living trusts. Here are some actions to take to learn more about this estate planning tool.
  • Set up a meeting with your estate planning attorney to determine whether a living trust is right for you.
  • Learn more about giving back through your will and living trust.
  • Contact Steve Brier at 866-204-8102 (toll free) or 503-370-6022 (direct) or giftplanning@willamette.edu with any questions you may have about naming Willamette University in your living trust or other estate plans.
  • If you'd like to remember Willamette University after your lifetime, share our bequest language with your estate planning attorney. The official bequest language for Willamette University is: "I, [name], of [city, state, ZIP], give, devise and bequeath to Willamette University, an Oregon non-profit corporation located in Salem, Oregon."