Legal Question in Wills and Trusts in California

Re: Name of a Living Trust

The "And Now For Something Completely Different Trust" is a perfectly good example of a trust name.

Of course, you wouldn't want to use a trademarked, legally restricted. or misleading term, for example, "Bank," "Insurance," "Charitable," "Coca-Cola," "Olympics," or "U.S. Government" unless your use of the term is authorized / non-misleading / legitimate.

Re: Name of a Living Trust

You can call a trust whatever you like, but as a practical matter you will have to disclose to those with whom you do business the name of the Trustee. Further depending upon the assets of the trust you may have to file a fictitious business name statement in the county in which you carry on any business. A revocable trust is required to report income, etc. to the taxpayer id number of the Trustor (the person placing assets in the name of the Trustee of the Trust.)

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