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Why Estate Plans Fail Adult Children
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- Mar 10, 2026
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Summary
Your parents paid thousands of dollars for a revocable trust but none of the assets were ever transferred into it. Did their estate planning attorney make a mistake? In this episode of The Death Readiness Podcast, Jill Mastroianni explains what it actually means to fund a trust, why this step is essential for the plan to work, and who is typically responsible for doing it. She also walks through a real-world example showing how failing to fund a trust can cost families hundreds of thousands of dollars in probate fees and create a huge administrative burden for adult children. More importantly, Jill highlights the hidden emotional cost when estate planning work falls on family members instead of being handled during the parent’s lifetime.