Get StartedIn addition to creating and signing a living trust document, assets must be transferred into the trust. A living trust only owns the assets that are actually transferred into the trust. Any assets that remain titled in the name of the grantor will be subject to potential probate administration at the death of the grantor. (The exceptions include assets which (a) are held jointly with another person with rights of survivorship, for example a home, (b) pass pursuant to "transfer-on-death" or "pay-on-death" designations, for example bank accounts, or (c) pass by beneficiary designation, for example retirement plans and life insurance.) Assets should be transferred from the grantor to the trust to achieve the result that the property is then legally owned by the trust. Then, upon th