When you own their own business, and only some of the family work in that business, or when they own a parcel of real estate, (like a family home or vacation condo) which you hope will remain in the family for future generations, a trust is a useful vehicle for planning for future succession for the management of the business or real estate parcel, and how the future uses and benefits should be shared. You can dictate, through your trust, who will succeed to management, what the manager's responsibilities will be, the degree to which other members of the family will participate in management decisions, and how subsequent successors will be named. Such provisions are not unlike those which would be contained in a partnership agreement if some members of the second generation are already owners or if members of other families are present.
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