How to Dispute a Living Trust

A living trust can be a way to leave money to dependents while you are still living. Like an inheritance left in a will, a living trust is often the cause of high dispute between family members and beneficiaries, and can be a frustrating and bitter process. With a few legal steps, you can create the kind of legal dispute that will hold ground in a courtroom.

Instructions

1. Decide what exactly in the living trust you wish to dispute. You may want to enlist a lawyer to help you determine what is disputable, and how to best go about disputing it.

2. Write your dispute out into an official contract, stating clearly the dispute you wish to enact on the living trust.

3. Sign the written modification and ask the other parties involved in the living trust to sign the document.

4. Select a judge from the list of judges made available by the County Bar Association of your area, and sign up for a date in court.

5. Argue your case under the rules of the American Arbitration Association, and allow the judge to arbitrate a ruling on the living trust dispute.