🚨 Why I Hate Revocable Trusts (Most of the Time)I’m a Florida probate lawyer.

Описание: I deal with trusts after someone passes away — when the documents actually have to work.

And here’s the hard truth:

Most revocable trusts aren’t the problem.

Incomplete revocable trusts are.

Here’s what I see over and over:

• Beautiful 40-page trust documents
• Clients told they’ll “avoid probate”
• Assets never properly transferred into the trust
• Houses still in individual name
• Bank accounts never retitled
• Brokerage accounts misaligned
• Beneficiary designations contradicting the trust

Then the person dies.

And the beneficiaries are left paying thousands — sometimes tens of thousands — to untangle the mess.

A revocable trust is just a container.

If you don’t fund it, it’s empty.

If you don’t align your assets, it fails.

If you overcomplicate it, your family pays.

From a practitioner’s perspective, I favor the KISS principle:

Keep It Simple.

Clear beneficiary designations.
Properly recorded deeds.
Aligned assets.
Straightforward documents that are actually maintained.

Trusts absolutely have their place — blended families, privacy, special needs planning, out-of-state property.

But selling a complicated trust package to everyone is not planning.
It’s paperwork.

The real question isn’t “Do you have a trust?”

The real question is:

👉 Is it fully funded?
👉 Is it aligned with your assets?
👉 Will it actually work when your family needs it?

Because when it doesn’t — your beneficiaries are the ones writing checks to lawyers.

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