What does u/a/d mean when refering to trusts?
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u/a/d means "under agreement dated".  It simply means the date of the trust.
27240
Why are you doing a land trust?\n\nBeware of Scam artists out there, who advise you do land trusts!!!
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http://www.legaldocs.com/misc-s.htm\n\nI am no lawyer, but I think you can make your demand in a well written letter.\n\nWrite to him:\n\nDEMANDD FOR COMPLETE ACCOUNTING OF TRUSTEE _____________ FOR THE YEARS ______ AND _______.\n\nTHIS IS A DEMAN FOR A FULL AND DOCUMENTED ACCOUNTING OF ALL FUNDS SAID TRUST, ______________(hereafter to be called Trust in this demand).  This is to include out expenses of all types for running said TRUST, lawyer fees for running Trust.  This is to include all accounting of fund presently in trustees and any distributions there of.\n\nYou are given 10 days for date of this demand to comply.\n\nSomething to that effect.  \n\nHave the document signed and witnessed and if necessary go to your bank where notaries are free and get them to notarize that that is your signature.  Send you document by registered signed receipt mail.  \n\nMake a formal complainant to the State of Ill. Bar  Association.  The BBB.  And if your brothers and or sisters or whom ever else are in this trust have them copied.  \n\nThey may want to help.\n\nIf this is your trust only.  Get on it quick.  My father left my mother an Estate, her lawyer robbed her blind and left her with no funds. \n\nAgain, I am no lawyer, but you must make your demand in writing as the lawyer can say you never asked for it.  I think you might have a Free Legal Service there also....contact them today!!! \n\nGood luck.
197680
You can put anything you own into a revocable trust EXCEPT IRA's and 401k"s and sometimes insurance limitations preclude placing autos in trusts. You are going to place your capital gain into a bank account, CD, brokerage account, another house or somewhere.  Wherever that capital gain goes that account can be included in your revocable trust.
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Saying there is a "cloud" on the title means that the absolute ownership is not definite. \n\nUsually you can clear it by filing a Quiet Title action, where the court first determines you've taken the right steps to warn everyone that might have an interest in the land what you're doing, looks at the land records and any other facts, and hopefully finally says "The Land is fully vested in A". \n\nHow much it costs depends on the nature of the cloud.  Have a lawyer look at your facts and they will give you a better estimate.
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I wish I had a trust fund... ;)\n\nSurely if you have one, you also have access to an accountant that can answer this question for you ?
635708
Buy the symbol GLD. It's an ETF Gold Trust is an investment trust whose shares strive to reflect the performance of the price of gold bullion, less the Trusts expenses.
758505
As one reponder stated, ADRs are American Depository Receipts.  These are foreign stocks that are listed to trade in the U S.  An ADR fund therefore would be a fund that invests in ADRs.  There are also funds that invest in foreign stocks, ADR funds would be a sub category of these.  I can give you several examples of both.  \n\nADRD is an index fund that invests is what is called the 100 ADR Developed Markets sort of the 100 large companies from developed markets.  Its largest holding is British Petrolium.  Annual life to date return is 19%.  Not too bad. \n\nADRE is an index fund that invests in what is called the 50 ADR emerging markets.  Its largest holding is Taiwan Semiconductor. Annual life to date return is 32.4%.  Not too bad if it can keep it up. \n\nADRA is an index fund that invest in what is called the Asia 50 ADR index.  Its largest holding is Toyota.  Annual life to date return is 18.9%.  \n\nThere are a couple of others of these but these should give you an idea.  \n\nBesides the ADR funds, there are funds that invest directly in foreign stocks whether they are ADRs or not. \n\nSWZ is one of these funds.  One of its largest holdings is Nestle which is not traded as an ADR.
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Actually, A.D. stands for Anno Domini(=in the year of our Lord). If A.D. is "After Death," He didn't live more than one day.
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A Deed of Trust is a conditional grant of title in real estate to a trustee, who holds the grant of title until an event of default as spelled out in the Deed of Trust.\n\nThe Deed of Trust, when exercised, transfers title to the property into the hands of the trustee, who then sells the property at a foreclosure auction under the terms of that State's domestic law.\n\nOther states have mortgage instruments; Deeds of Trust predominate in mortgage lending.
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It seems like a simple typo to me....apparently, you're father verbally gave the spelling of his name to someone that interpreted the U as an O. \nAs a backup, you may want to carry a copy of your father's legal ID with you.\n\nBest of Luck!
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No, you won't need a tax ID number for the trust. It will carry the ID of the person who set up the trust (trustee usually).\nIf the trust will be generating income by, for example, receiving rental income, it might need one.\n\nBottom line:  see an estate attorney.
648984
There are a lot of variables, but unless they violated the terms of the trust they cannot be held liable.  Also, making reasonable investments (which turn out to fail) doesn't rise to violating investment terms.
75438
IRA's are self directed by definition. It simply means that you decide what the money you put into the IRA account is invested in.
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The part "trustees shall hold the trust fund on trust for X" is just lawyer talk for the following:\nTrustee gets money, trustee holds or invests money, and then trustee pays, over time, the interest on the money to or for X.  \nUsually a trust then states what happens to the money when X dies, or some other event (X reaches majority) occurs.  \nI have no idea what the two "absolutelys" are for.  I suspect the person who wrote this was not an attorney.
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Duties of a Trustee  \n\nThis chart is a generalized presentation of some of the more common duties and responsibilities of a trustee. It is not intended to be exhaustive or technical. The specific details of a trustee's duties and responsibilities often vary from state to state, but the chart is not intended to cover these in depth. Furthermore, many of the steps that a trustee must take in administering a trust depend on the provisions of the trust agreement or will and the compositions of the assets comprising the trust.\n\nThe Trustee:\n\nAccepts the trusteeship and assumes control of trust assets\nPerforms initial administrative functions\nAdheres strictly to the code of trust ethics\nHas important investment duties\nExercises powers wisely and prudently\nHas financial duties to beneficiaries\nIs responsible for matters of taxation\nDistributes the trust assets when the trust terminates
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Could be a municiple or gov't bond or note, or private debt instrument issued by a corporation, like GM, as opposed to an "equity, like a stock.\n   It is a marketable debt obligation that is not predominantly speculative in nature. "Investment" grade is a rating, and therefore, the instrument is registered and offered and sold pursuant to SEC rules, and can be sold with reasonable promptness at a price that corresponds to its fair value.