<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto">Rod<div><br></div><div>It is not really a title company issue as much as a legal issue that title companies often catch. </div><div><br></div><div>T<span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">he creation of a trust involves the separation of rights to the trust property — the title to trust property is split between the trustee and the beneficiaries. The trustee holds legal title to the property and the beneficiaries hold equitable title. As the trustee holds legal title to the property, the property is held in the trustee's name.</span> The trust is not a legal entity that can hold properly. It is simply a name/term that denotes the relationship between the grantor and the trustee. Thus, when<span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"> it is said that property is being transferred to a trust, what is really meant is that property is being transferred to a trustee to be held “</span><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); font-style: italic;">in trust</span><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">” for the benefit of someone else. </span></div><div><div><div><br></div><div>Regards</div><div>Rich</div><div><br><div id="AppleMailSignature"><div><b style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Rich McEntee</b></div><div><b style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">McEntee Law Office</b></div><div><font color="#000000" style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); ">3800 Bridgeport Way W Ste A411</font></div><div><font color="#000000" style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); ">University Place, WA 98466</font></div><div><font color="#000000" style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); "><a href="tel:253.227.9894" x-apple-data-detectors="true" x-apple-data-detectors-type="telephone" x-apple-data-detectors-result="1/0" style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">253.227.9894</a></font></div><div><a href="mailto:jrmcentee@gmail.com" style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><font color="#000000">jrmcentee@gmail.com</font></a></div><div style="text-align: -webkit-auto; "><span style="text-align: -webkit-left; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></div><div style="text-align: -webkit-auto; "><span style="text-align: -webkit-left; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></div><div style="text-align: -webkit-auto; "><span style="text-align: -webkit-left; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">IMPORTANT/CONFIDENTIAL: This e-mail message, and any attachments accompanying it,may contain confidential information, including information protected by attorney-client privilege. The information is intended only for the use of the intended recipient(s). Delivery of this message to anyone other than the intended recipient(s) is not intended to waive any privilege or otherwise detract from the confidentiality of the message. If you are not the intended recipient, or if this message has been addressed to you in error, do not read, disclose, reproduce, distribute, disseminate or otherwise use this transmission. Rather, please promptly notify the sender by reply e-mail, and then destroy all copies of the message and its attachments, if any.</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.294118);"><br></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.296875); -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469); "><br></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.296875); -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469); ">Sent from my iPhone</span></div><div><div><br></div></div></div><div><br>On Jun 21, 2018, at 9:10 PM, John J. Sullivan <<a href="mailto:sullaw@comcast.net">sullaw@comcast.net</a>> wrote:<br><br></div></div></div></div></body></html>