Pet Trusts
Despite a pet’s short life expectancy, the pet may out live you. This is especially true now that medical intervention results in longer life expectances for pets than in the past.
Proper planning can provide for a care plan not only in the event of death but also incapacity.
You can provide for a temporary emergency caregiver in the event that something unexpected happens to you – providing them with keys to your home, feeding and care instructions, the name of your veterinarian, and information about permanent care instructions.
Why Plan?
Planning can lead to peace of mind, reducing the anxiety that many pet owners experience when they envision their beloved pet living without them.
There is no assurance that if you leave money to someone outright to care for your pet that they will do what they promised to do.
Providing an orderly plan for your pet is the responsible and loving thing to do.
Despite a pet’s short life expectancy, the pet may out live you. This is especially true now that medical intervention results in longer life expectances for pets than in the past.
Proper planning can provide for a care plan not only in the event of death but also incapacity.
You can provide for a temporary emergency caregiver in the event that something unexpected happens to you – providing them with keys to your home, feeding and care instructions, the name of your veterinarian, and information about permanent care instructions.
What is a Pet Trust?
If you are no longer able to provide for the care of your pet, a PET TRUST can ensure that there are funds available and a caretaking system in place to care for your pet.
A PET TRUST is a legal document you can create to ensure that your pets will be cared for as you yourself have cared for them.
With the PET TRUST, you can:
- Appoint a Caregiver and at least one backup Caregiver to provide care for your pet
- Appoint a Trustee to make sure that the Caregiver is doing his or her job
- Protect the money designated for the pet and ensure that it lasts for the duration of the pet's life
- Give directions regarding health care needs, exercise needs, diet needs, preferred veterinarian, and burial/cremation plans for your pet.
- Provide that any funds remaining in trust at the death of the pet goes to charity or a family member.
- Provide a method for finding a caretaker in the event that the caretaker or the back-up caretaker you have selected is unavailable.
Trusts are better than Outright Gifts to a Caretaker.
Assets in a trust are NOT subject to the caregivers creditor, marital disputes or bankruptcy.
If you leave an outright gift of money to a person in your will in exchange for the care of your pet, the money will go to that persons heirs or beneficiaries at his or her death and will not be available to care for the pet.
Without planning, you are leaving too much up to chance.
You can plan to ensure that there are people who will care for your pet, resources available for such care and clear instructions regarding how your pets should be cared for.
Jane Beaumont Hall works closely with pet owners to ensure that their pets will be properly cared for in the event that the pet owner cannot care for them.
Pet Trusts: Protecting your Pets with a Pet Trust
Date: September 14, 2010
Time: 10:00 to 11:30 a.m.
Location: Hall Doyon Law Group
Address: 1717 4th Street, Third Floor, Santa Monica, CA 90401
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Trust Review Seminar: The laws have changed, is your trust up to date?
Date: September 21
Time: 7:00 to 8:30 p.m.
Location: Hall Doyon Law Group
Address: 1717 4th Street, Third Floor, Santa Monica, CA 90401
Living Trust Seminar: Learn how to Avoid Probate and Easily Transfer Your Assets to Your Family/Beneficiaries
Date: September 23, 2010
Time: 10:00 to 11:30 a.m.
Location: Hall Doyon Law Group
Address: 1717 4th Street, Third Floor, Santa Monica, CA 90401
Family Wealth Planning: Preserving Your Wealth
Date: September 28, 2010
Time: 6:30 to 8:30 p.m.Location: Hall Doyon Law Group
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Estate Planning: Divorce, Blended Families, and Guardianship Issues
Learn how estate planning techniques assist families with unique issues in planning for their children and spouses
Date: September 29, 2010
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Living Trust Seminar: Learn How to Avoid Probate and Easily Transfer Your Assets to Your Family/Beneficiaries
Date: October 12
Time: 7:00 to 8:30 p.m.
Location: Hall Doyon Law Group
Address: 1717 4th Street, Third Floor, Santa Monica, CA 90401
Trust Review Seminar: The laws have changed, is your trust up to date?
Date: October 14
Time: 10:00 to 11:30 a.m.
Location: Hall Doyon Law Group
Address: 1717 4th Street, Third Floor, Santa Monica, CA 90401
Estate Planning: Divorce, Blended Families, and Guardianship Issues
Learn how estate planning techniques assist families with unique issues in planning for their children and spouses
Date: October 19
Time: 7:00 to 8:30 p.m.
Location: Hall Doyon Law Group
Address: 1717 4th Street, Third Floor, Santa Monica, CA 90401
Living Trust Seminar: Learn How to Avoid Probate and Easily Transfer Your Assets to Your Family/Beneficiaries
Date: October 21, 2010
Time: 10:00 to 11:30 a.m.
Location: Hall Doyon Law Group
Address: 1717 4th Street, Third Floor, Santa Monica, CA 90401
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