Many Georgia families can be well served by a will. Others benefit from a revocable living trust. The answer depends on your family and your assets.
What a living trust can do
- Help avoid probate for assets held in the trust
- Keep the details of your plan more private
- Allow a chosen person to manage trust assets if you cannot
- Reduce the need for proceedings in another state when you own property there
- Set rules for how and when children receive an inheritance
When a trust may be especially useful
A trust is often worth discussing if you own property in more than one state, have a blended family, value privacy or have children you want to protect from receiving everything at once.
A trust only works if it is funded
Your home, accounts and other assets must be properly connected to the trust. An unfunded trust may leave your family in probate anyway, so follow-through matters as much as drafting.
General information as of 2026, not legal advice. Laws change, and your situation may differ.