National Adding trustee to existing trust

[Oro]

Need a small bit of advice here. I have searched the topic and haven't got a clear answer, surprisingly.

A) My father created a trust several years ago for a single suppressor. That is all that is in the trust.

B) He is the only trustee. He thought it was a family trust (he put that in the title), but no one else is listed - I found the paperwork and checked. He is elderly and I want to avoid hassle if/when…

C) I understand he only needs an amendment to add me (or my brother, etc.) as a trustee and have it notarized.

Question: Don't I, or whoever is being added, need to be there with him and sign also, to acknowledged as being added so the trust with my (our) knowledge and consent? Thus, the notary can confirm that?

The problem I have, is that if that is NOT the case, it would be possible for someone to just go to a notary and make someone an unwilling trustee and saddle them with that. Seems wrong to me logically.

Read More

 

[VinnieBoomBah]

I would start with how the trust was created and if posable ask the person / company that produced the trust if they can provide guidance.

Although probably not specific to your trust there is some good info here

What Happens When a Settlor Dies in a NFA Gun Trust?

When the settlor dies the items in the gun trust are passed down to the beneficiaries. The items in the gun trust don't go through the probate process. The items in the gun trust are distributed as laid out in the gun trust beneficiary page. If there is one beneficiary, everything in the gun...

www.nationalguntrusts.com

 

[jbett98]

Check this out.

NFA Gun Trust Terminology and Definitions

In your NFA Gun Trust there are terminology and NFA Gun Trust definitions that might be foreign to you. In our NFA Gun Trust Terminology and Definitions guide we go through, what a settlor is, what a co-trustee is, who is considered a responsible person in a NFA Gun Trust, what the role of the...

www.nationalguntrusts.com

 

[jbett98]

If there is no beneficiaries listed in the NFA gun trust, then he should sign an "appointment of co trustee effective immediately" paper. like the ones show below.