Educate Yourself to Help Avoid Living Trust Scams
This article on the website of the National Consumer Law Center provides a glossary of living trust related terms, description of common scams, educational resources, and more.
Living trusts can be great estate planning tools for some, but only if they are sophisticated, personalized documents prepared by a qualified estate planning attorney. I use them often in my practice, but it's not uncommon for me to recommend against them for certain clients for whom living trusts are not a good fit.
