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The price of making a living trust depends on the method you use to actually put it together. One way is to use an online program and create the trust document yourself. This will cost you a few hundred dollars or so. Another viable option is to go through a lawyer, for which you'll probably pay $1,000 or more.

The major disadvantages that are associated with trusts are their perceived irrevocability, the loss of control over assets that are put into trust and their costs. In fact trusts can be made revocable, but this generally has negative consequences in respect of tax, estate duty, asset protection and stamp duty.

Creating a living trust in Maine is generally a six-step process: Decide on the kind of trust you want. ... Decide what will go in your trust. ... Pick a trustee. ... Create the trust document. ... Sign the trust in front of a notary public. Put your assets inside the trust.

One big advantage of a trust document over a will in Maine, Klebe says, ?is that a trust is a private document, where a will is a public document. So, when you die, your will gets admitted to probate, and it becomes a part of the public record. And in Maine, at least, it's searchable online.?

Will trusts can be very valuable to effective estate planning. They can help you: Minimise inheritance tax and take advantage of available tax relief. Make sure beneficiaries' access to benefits or state support isn't affected by their inheritance.

When you create a living trust in Maine you are able to maintain control over your assets during life and also after you die. While you are alive, you can use, manage, spend, and give away the trust assets any way you wish. You can move assets into and out of the trust at any time.