Is it True That Each Trustee Can Be Held Liable for Each Other’s Actions?

There are three things you must do when preparing to act as a Trustee of a Trust. The first is to read the entire Trust document carefully to understand your role and responsibilities, which sort of goes without saying. The second is to document all transactions in which you are involved—which, honestly, will be mostly all of them. The third is that you must avoid any actions or inactions that could expose you to potential liability. Surprising as it may sound, this includes what a Co-Trustee does.

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Have You Heard of SAGE? A Test to Catch Signs of Alzheimer’s and Dementia Earlier

In the earliest stage of Alzheimer’s, most people are still leading an active and independent lifestyle. They drive, go to work, take care of themselves and their children, and stay socially engaged. Life feels “normal.” They don’t feel different, except for occasional memory lapses or cognitive slips that even friends and family might notice but often disregard. But as the disease progresses, many look back and realize those early signs were more meaningful than they seemed—and frequently wish they had caught them sooner. That’s where a test called SAGE can help, offering a simple way to detect signs of Alzheimer’s and dementia earlier.

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Employee Spotlight:

Summer Hayes

Summer Hayes believes every bright legal career starts with a positive first step, and by the looks of it, she is already headed in the right direction. Summer joined our team as a client support specialist in 2025 and has since demonstrated a level of care, competence, and consistency that elevates the experience for both clients and colleagues.

Her role places her at the heart of our daily operations, where she assists with printing and proofreading documents, gathering essential information for client files, and performing additional clerical work to ensure each file moves smoothly from one stage to the next.

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Having a competent estate planner in your corner will help you and your family navigate the often overwhelming waters that come with protecting everything you own and everyone you love. That is our job, and we would like to think we do it better than anyone else. Please call Leigh Hilton PLLC, tel. 940-387-8800, so that we can help ensure you and your family are taken care of in the best way possible.

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ATTORNEY LEIGH HILTON

Leigh Hilton has helped over 8,000 families protect the assets that they leave to loved ones from divorce, creditors, lawsuits and predators. She has also helped over 600 families implement the plans that she has prepared after the death of a loved one and helped over 2,400 families implement the plans prepared by other attorneys. She is the author of the books “Who Gets Your Stuff When You Die” and “What Your Spouse Should Know if Something Happens to You” and a frequent speaker. She has given over 700 speeches to various organizations and groups. She would welcome the opportunity to meet with you to discuss how to protect your family.