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Once you die, your living trust becomes irrevocable, which means that your wishes are now set in stone. The person you named to be the successor trustee now steps up to take an inventory of the trust assets and eventually hand over property to the beneficiaries named in the trust.

A revocable trust turns into an irrevocable trust when the grantor of the trust dies. Typically, the grantor is also the trustee and the first beneficiary of the trust. Once the grantor dies, the terms written into a revocable trust cannot be modified in any way, nor can anyone add or remove assets.

The state of California has an anti-lapse law that is put in place in the event that a beneficiary passes away before the decedent. With this statute, the beneficiary's share of the estate will pass down to the beneficiary's heirs or issue, rather than reverting back to the decedent's estate.

When someone dies, they are referred to as the decedent and those named in their will or trust are their beneficiaries. If the decedent died without a will (or what is called intestate) then those who will inherit from them are called their distributees.

Yes, once the trust grantor becomes incapacitated or dies, his revocable trust is now irrevocable, meaning that generally the terms of the trust cannot be changed or revoked going forward. This is also true of trusts established by the grantor with the intention that they be irrevocable from the start.

A trust can't operate without a trustee. If the initial trustee dies, someone must take over. When a trustee dies, the co-trustee or successor trustee will step in to fulfill the trustee's duties. If the grantor did not name a successor trustee, your beneficiaries need to appeal to the courts to appoint a new trustee.