# Why Estate Plans Fail Adult Children

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Podcast: [The Death Readiness Podcast: Not your dad’s estate planning podcast](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-death-readiness-podcast-not-your-dad-s-estate-planning-podcast-7159546)
Published: 2026-03-10T14:09:44+00:00
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## Resource

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.

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