Legal Question in Wills and Trusts in New Jersey

signed a trust IN BLANK...? I do not know what this could mean. Unless you mean he signed a trust document, creating a trust, and left important parts of the trust document blank. why would he do that?

You say the attorney changed the trust when your husband was dying... I assume that he has died, sorry to hear that. is the trust valid? I do not know, I would need more information. But there are some things really wrong here, you do NOT want a person to sign a trust document leaving important parts blank. And a lawyer has no business changing important parts of that trust, the changes have to come from the person who created the trust by that person signing off on the changes.

Give me a call, make an appointment to come see me, and I will go over this with you, and give you some advice.

Robert Davies, Esq. 201-820-3460

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I have read Bob's reply and I am equally confused. By using the term "in blank" do you mean no operative provisions were included, some provisions were left to be completed at a future date, or merely that the trust was "unfunded" (No assets were registered in the name of the trust)? I am likewise not sure what you mean when you said the attorney changed it when your husband was dying? With all of these questions, the trust might not be valid. However, if your husband was competent and the trust was amended (what you call "changed"), this might have validated it. The real current questions are what does the trust now say, has it been funded and if your husband is now deceased, what, if anything, has been done with the trust. Much more information is needed to provide you a proper answer. This is a response to an Internet question and the reply is not intended to be legal advice or as creating an attorney-client relationship.