[WSBAPT] trust situs

Mark Higgins markthiggins at gmail.com
Wed Feb 25 12:37:47 PST 2015


Advantage to changing situs to Washington is no income tax.  Don't
know what the situation was in former state, but this could be an
improvement.

Mark

On Wed, Feb 25, 2015 at 10:18 AM, Dewey Weddle <dwweddle at msn.com> wrote:
> Esteemed Colleagues,
>
> I have a client who moved here from out of state.  While a resident of the
> other state, he created a Revocable Living Trust.  Now he is wondering
> whether he should formally change the situs of the Trust to Washington.  I
> have looked at the statute having to do with situs, and it appears that,
> provided that one or more of several criteria are met, a trust can be
> registered here in Washington by filing a form similar to the one described
> in the statute.
>
> Is there any advantage or disadvantage in doing this immediately?  Any harm
> in waiting?
>
> Best regards to all,
>
> Dewey
>
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>
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> Best regards,
>
>
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