I was in jail when I turned twenty one, and might have had a trust. The family member who knew about it didn’t know and couldn’t find me. How do I find out
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I was in jail when I turned twenty one, and might have had a trust. The family member who knew about it didn’t know and couldn’t find me. How do I find out
My name is Rodian O. PollardJuly 1 1973Born New Link Destination
ronto Ontario Canada
Asked on October 4, 2019 under Estate Planning, Alaska
Answers:
SJZ, Member, New York Bar / FreeAdvice Contributing Attorney
Answered 5 years ago | Contributor
There really is no good way: there is no central repository or searchable database for this information. All you can do is ask family members (like the one you mention) or family friends who may know; ask any family lawyers or accountants or investment advisors; and go through any paperwork of the person who may have created it for you if you have access to it.
If the trust was, you think, a "testamentary trust," or one created on the grantor's death by his/her will, you can contact the probate court for the county in which that person had lived, to see if there was a filed or probated will and what it stated.
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