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Children's Trust Form

The Children's Trust form is for married people with two or more children. The form used to generate the Children's Trust is broken down into three parts. The first part gathers general information. The second part gathers information relating to appointing a guardian for your child(ren), and the last part gathers information relating to the disposition of tangible personal property.

Once you complete all three parts, a Children's Trust that you can print. After you print the Children's Trust, you will need to have it signed by two witnesses and notorized before taking it to your attorney. Click here for completed sample. Bolded items are examples of completed fields from this multi-part form.

Your Full Name:
First Name
Middle Name
Last Name
Suffix

(e.g., Jr.)
Your Gender:
Spouse's Full Name:
First Name
Middle Name
Last Name
Suffix

(e.g., Jr.)
Spouse's Gender:
Children's Names:
(Enter your children's names. Press <ENTER> after each child's name except the last one's.)
Your County of Residence:
Your State of Residence:
(Select a state or Canadian province)
Your Country of Residence:
Personal Representative's Name:
(Enter name of a personal representative you want to appoint should your spouse not be able or willing to be the personal representative)
Alternate Personal Representative:
(Enter name of an alternate personal representative should the original personal representative not be able or willing to be the personal representative)
Trustee's Name:
(Enter name of a trustee you want to appoint for your Children's Trust)
Alternate Trustee's Name:
(Enter name of an alternate trustee you want to appoint, should the original trustee not be able or willing to be the trustee of your Children's Trust)
Age at which Youngest Child has to be when Trustee Distributes Trust Assets:
(How old does the youngest of your children have to be when your trustee divides and distributes the Children's Trust assets?)
Age Child Can Withdraw Half the Trust Assets:
(How old does the youngest child have to be before any child can withdraw half their share of the Children's Trust assets?)
Guardian:
(Enter the name of the person you want to appoint as guardian of your children should your spouse be unable or unwilling to be the guardian)
Alternate Guardian:
(Enter the name of the person you want to appoint as an alternate guardian of your children should your original guardian be unable or unwilling to be the guardian)
Date Will Was Signed: //
(Select the day and month and year your Will was signed by you and your two witnesses. Then, indicate the year in the text field above.)
Items to Be Distributed:Beneficiaries
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(Describe the items you are distributing and enter corresponding beneficiary names. If you don't fill in all the blanks, it's OK, as long as one set is filled in.)
Date: //
(Select the day, month and year the Children's Trust is being signed by you and your two witnesses)

This is not a substitute for legal advice and it is suggested that an attorney be consulted.