<html><head></head><body><div class="ydp484552abyahoo-style-wrap" style="font-family:times new roman, new york, times, serif;font-size:18px;"><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">Hello:</div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><br></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">I am relatively new to the area of estate planning and had questions about some basic issues.</div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><br></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">Clients want to transfer their house to a revocable living trust. The beneficiaries are too young to receive the property yet, and there are multiple successor trustees lined up.<br></div><ol data-sourcepos="7:1-7:87" dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><li data-sourcepos="7:1-7:87">Is it better to use a Transfer-on-Death Deed (TODD) transferring to a successor trustee or to retitle the property directly to the living trust now with a Quitclaim Deed?</li><li data-sourcepos="8:1-8:13">If clients use a TODD can the document simply state "successor trustee of the name of the living trust," as the transferee or do they need to specify the name of the initial successor trustee? RCW 64.80.060 refers to "beneficiary " as transferee so it seems that an individual name is required and you can't transfer to the living trust or unnamed successor trustee but I wanted to check. </li><li data-sourcepos="9:1-9:185">Does transferring the property to the living trust sometimes trigger the due-on-sale clause in a mortgage in spite of the federal Garn-St. Germain Act? If so, how can they navigate this with their lender?</li><li data-sourcepos="9:1-9:185">Does title insurance often not cover transfers to living trusts so clients might need an added endorsement or new policy?</li></ol><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">Thanks in advance for any help. </div></div><br></div><div><br></div><div class="ydp484552absignature"><div style="font-family:new times, serif;font-size:16px;"><div>Mark S. Lee</div><div>Attorney at Law<br>40 Lake Bellevue Drive, Suite 100</div><div dir="ltr">Bellevue, WA 98005<br>phone: (206) 292-5032<br>fax: (206) 452-2030<br>email: MSLatty@yahoo.com</div></div></div></div></body></html>