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<p class="MsoNormal">My client, the trustor, created a trust with a professional as trustee, and a requirement that all trustees must be licensed professionals. Prior to funding the trust, the trustor found the professional highly offensive, in that the professional
cursed and insulted the beneficiary to the point of humiliating him. Now, the trustor wants the trust to have a non-professional trustee, someone she knows and trusts.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">Does a valid trust exist when the trust document is executed and delivered to the originally intended trustee and the trust document is not yet funded?<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">If a trust exists, do I execute a non-judicial binding agreement removing the requirement for a professional trustee, appointing the new trustee, and serve it on the original trustee?<o:p></o:p></li></ol>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Paul<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color:black">Paul A. Barrera</span></b><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:red">Attorney<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:black">North City Law, PC<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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