Most families who come to my Whitman office have heard of a living trust. Fewer know what one actually does — and a surprising number have been told, by a seminar or a sales pitch, that they need one when a will would have done the job just fine. So let's take it plainly: what a revocable living trust is, what it really buys your family, what it doesn't do, and how to tell whether you're someone who needs one. What it is A revocable living trust is a legal arrangement you cre

Most adults know they should have a will. Fewer know what a will actually does — and, just as important, what it doesn't do. That gap is where families get hurt, usually at the worst possible time. A will says who gets what when you die, names the person who will carry out your wishes, and — for young families, the most important part of all — names who will raise your children if you can't. If you die without a will in Massachusetts, state law decides all of that for you. Th