Primarily ease of transfer. Probate is a pretty long winded process that can take month to close. A living trust avoids most of that. Apparently there are some

Primarily ease of transfer. Probate is a pretty long winded process that can take month to close. A living trust avoids most of that. Apparently there are some potential tax optimization options as well, but I don’t know how that really benefits my particular case. (It’s definitely why we did it.) Here’s more info: https://www.scscourt.org/self_help/probate/medical/living_trust.shtml#pros https://www.scscourt.org/self_help/probate/medical/living_tr...