 One of the main things that people forget when they have a trust is they forget that their trust has a secret password I mean, how can you differentiate one Smith one Chang one Lopez one Johnson from another? That's where your trust secret password comes in You see your trust is like a safe that safe holds many of your most important assets That safe protects you and your loved ones Now I can't tell you what your trust password is But I can give you some examples of passwords so that you know if you've been adding assets correctly to your trust Here goes if you're a single woman for example named Sarah Chang and you have a living trust that you started on March 3rd 2015 the password to your trust should be something like this Sarah Chang comma as trustee of the Sarah Chang revocable trust comma dated March 3rd 2015 and the tax identification number would likely be Sarah Chang's social security number What if you're a married couple? We'll use Lawrence and Janet McKesson and they started a trust on June 23rd 2010 their password would be something like Lawrence R. McKesson and Janet S. McKesson as trustees the McKesson family trust dated June 23rd 2010 and the tax identification number is usually the husband or wife's social security number The password to your living trust is not only the name of your trust, but the name and date Plus you've got to make sure to put who the current trustees are That's why it's Robert S. Smith and Janet S. Smith comma as trustees of the Smith family trust dated March 12th 2018 That's because you have to put trustees and Have them associated with the trust name Don't forget the trustees name the trust and the trust date. That's the secret password for most everyone's living trust