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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.?

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.

To make a living trust in Maine, you: Choose whether to make an individual or shared trust. Decide what property to include in the trust. Choose a successor trustee. Decide who will be the trust's beneficiaries?that is, who will get the trust property. Create the trust document.

Less than 2 percent of the U.S. population receives a trust fund, usually as a means of inheriting large sums of money from wealthy parents, ing to the Survey of Consumer Finances. The median amount is about $285,000 (the average was $4,062,918) ? enough to make a major, lasting impact.

A last will and testament takes effect upon death and must go through probate; a living trust takes effect when a person is alive and does not go through probate. A last will and testament is an important estate planning document that most people will need to designate where their assets will go upon their death.

A revocable trust and living trust are separate terms that describe the same thing: a trust in which the terms can be changed at any time. An irrevocable trust describes a trust that cannot be modified after it is created without the beneficiaries' consent.