Trust Administration

Your Parent Had a Living Trust, but the House Was Never Put Into It. What Happens in California?

Oct 29, 2026

Your parent did what families are often told to do: they created a living trust. After they die, you find the trust documents and assume the house will pass according to the plan without probate. Then you look at the deed. The house is still in your parent's individual name. Now you have a new question: if the house was never placed into the living trust, does that mean the trust failed and the property...