No.2.Are banks and financial institutions required to follow what is in a will if probated even if what is in the will is different than what is listed on the POD/TOD accounts?
The will is irrelevant until you are dead.4.With a durable POA, is a will or a trust easier for an executor or successor trustee to take over handling our affairs if we become incapacitated or are they about the same?
If you have a trust and want it in force, you have to get the legal paperwork (titling of accounts, etc.) rolling as soon as possible, hopefully long before incapacitation. That is a minor advantage. (If instead you want to use PoA, it is best to do the analogous tasks as soon as possible too, but sometimes people are not motivated to do them early.)
The will is irrelevant until you are dead. A revocable living trust doesn't help protect assets. If you want asset protection, you need some other kind of trust.5.Does either a will or a trust have an advantage over the other in providing the possibility to protect assets in the event one of us needs assisted living or long-term care?
(I am not a lawyer.)
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