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THE ALL – IN – ONE WAY TO PROTECT YOUR ASSETS AND LOVED ONES

A Family Protection Trust is like your own personal safety deposit box. Used in conjunction with your Will, our Family Protection Trusts help ensure your family’s future inheritance is preserved for their benefit.

The Family Protection Trust works alongside your Will, to ensure that what you want to happen, actually does. It provides complete legal protection for your home and assets. The result? You leave more of your estate to your loved ones, saving money, time and stress.

Trusts Can be set up as Single Trust or Double Trusts

Why do you need a Family Protection Trust?

  • Your Family Protection Trust is a Trust that’s set up to hold your assets and safeguarding them from future circumstances and Probate costs.
  • Protects against Probate fees of up to 10% of the estates value right away.
  • Protects against your children being disinherited due to remarriage.
    Children (IHT) Inheritance Tax is planned for
  • You remain in control of the assets and continue to use your assets as you normally would. I.e you can move home, downsize and invest any money you have
  • Can even offer protection against any means testing care that may be needed later in life.
  • Protects your estate for Bloodline Planning .
  • Why should you do it now? Because No-one knows what is around the corner. If you leave it until you need it, it will be too late. So let’s get it done.

Why should you use K & Co Estate Planning?

  • We prepare hundreds of Family Protection Trusts each year
  • When you die, your estate is distributed immediately, so no need for Probate
  • Your will is carried out by the Trustees acting only in your interests
  • Your children can use this trust to protect their own assets once you have passed, (No extra costs for them)

What can K & Co Estate Planning do for you?

  • Expert advice
  • Home visits at no extra cost and no Pressure selling
  • Gives you the best advice based on your situation

Why do we do it?

  • Everyone benefits
  • You get the Probate savings your family need
  • Over 50% of clients go on to use us for other services

Common questions

Q - Do trusts protect against care fees?
Q - How long does a trust last?
Q - Who controls the trust?
Q - Do trusts protect against care fees?

A – You must not set up a trust to primarily avoid care fees as this could be viewed as deprivation of assets. However, a will trust can protect half of your property and the contents of an asset trust correctly held within would not be subject to an individual’s assets for means testing , so yes but talk to your consultant to clarify

Q - How long does a trust last?

A – A trust can last for 125 years, so the elements placed within your trust can continue to benefit your family and your families family long after you are gone.

Q - Who controls the trust?

A – You would be named as the ‘Principle Beneficiary’ of the Asset Trust and would retain full control of the assets within the Trust while you are alive and have mental capacity. Then your trustees, who you select.

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