You have to make a decide why and if a Revocable Living Trust is worth it. I started my RLT using Willmaker for a couple of reasons.
The first is it allowed me to name others as Alternate Trustees should the situation arise and I need someone to secure my NFA items. Currently my sister is first in line and had I been deployed to the Middle East last February, I would have exercised this option. And yes, she lives in a state where she can legally be in possession of said items and she is of legal age (I'm the youngest).
If she was not available, I have three other siblings who are also named in the RLT who can step in (a fourth one lives in Canada and cannot take on this role). Should I get married, I can add my wife to the RLT and she can take possession of the items without having to file another Form 1 (and additional taxes).
The second is it will allow my sister to step in and handle my affairs should I find myself in a comma. This includes handling my finances and gaining access to my accounts. I also made it so that she can perform such actions only with the approval of all five of my siblings. This way there is no way she can just do a withdrawal or sell any of my items without everyone's full consent. NOTE: I am in the process of starting a second RLT just to handle finances.
When we were preparing for deployment, I suggested to all my soldiers that they should look into using RLTs as a way to protect themselves from what other soldiers have already experienced. A number of Soldiers have lost all their possessions as well as their hard-earned cash while they were overseas because they chose to give their girlfriend or boyfriend, fiance, spouse, siblings, or parents full control of their assets. A well-written RLT (I suggested that they go through a JAG Officer) should protect them from such a situation.
FWIW, I plan on having our newly assigned JAG officer review and audit my RLT to see if he can suggestions some tweaks (if legally possible) and to write amy second RLT. YMMV.
We must not believe the Evil One when he tells us that there is nothing we can do in the face of violence, injustice and sin. - Pope Francis I
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