Essential Elements to Establish California Revocable Living Trust

Most people take title to California real property these days in the name of a "Trust".

It's important that real estate professionals understand what is required for a California trust to be created and take title to property.

Essential elements to establish a Revocable Living Trust in California are:

1. Intent to make a trust (California Probate Code section 15201)

2. Mental Capacity by the "trustor" to make the trust

3. A trust must have property (CA probate code 15202)

4. There must be a legal purpose to a trust (CA probate code 15203)

5. A trust must have a beneficiary (CA probate code 15205)

6. A trust must generally be in writing (CA Statute of Frauds) with rare exceptions (CA probate code 15206 and 15207)

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This is for information only and not the providing of legal or tax services. You should always contact an estate planning and tax lawyer in California for advice and direction about your own situation. If you are a trustee or estate representative in Orange County CA with property to sell, contact us about listing and selling of such Orange County CA Real Estate.