Your Kids Googled Your Dynasty Trust.
Here's Why They're Worried — and
Why They're Wrong.
Almost everything online about dynasty trusts describes a different
kind of trust than the one in your estate plan. Watch the 60-second
intro, then get the free guide below.
Your Kids Googled Your Dynasty Trust.
Here's Why They're Worried — and
Why They're Wrong.
Almost everything online about dynasty trusts describes a different
kind of trust than the one in your estate plan. Watch the 60-second
intro, then get the free guide below.
Your Kids Googled Your Dynasty Trust.
Here's Why They're Worried — and
Why They're Wrong.
Almost everything online about dynasty trusts describes a different kind of trust than the one in your estate plan. Watch the 60-second intro, then get the free guide below.
The Maat Legal Dynasty Trust Client Guide
A 10-page guide written in plain English — made to be read by you and forwarded to your kids.
- Subtrust vs. standalone — the comparison chart that ends the confusion
- The income tax strategy, with a worked $100,000 example
- How the step-up in basis really works
- The honest fine print most firms won't put in writing
- An FAQ for your adult children
Already a Rilus Law client? Your copy has been sent to you — check your inbox, or contact us and we'll resend it.
The one fact that changes everything: the Maat Legal Dynasty Trust is a subtrust —
created inside your revocable living trust, only after you're gone. It's not the standalone
dynasty trust that Google, articles, and AI chatbots describe. Different structure, completely different tax rules.
The one fact that changes everything: the Maat Legal Dynasty Trust is a subtrust — created inside your revocable living trust, only after you're gone. It's not the standalone dynasty trust that Google, articles, and AI chatbots describe. Different structure, completely different tax rules.
The one fact that changes everything: the Maat Legal Dynasty Trust is a subtrust — created inside your revocable living trust, only after you're gone. It's not the standalone dynasty trust that Google, articles, and AI chatbots describe. Different structure, completely different tax rules.
The Five Misconceptions, Answered
"It's a separate trust with gift tax returns and annual filings."
That's the standalone version. Yours doesn't exist until the trust makers pass away — nothing to file, nothing to administer while you're alive.
"The trust pays taxes at a much higher rate."
Only if income stays inside. Distribute it out each year and your child pays their own ordinary rate — the guide shows exactly how the strategy works.
"Our kids will lose the step-up in basis."
True for the standalone trust. The subtrust works in the opposite order — step-up first, protection second. Your kids get both.
"It's designed to restrict our kids."
The opposite. Your child eventually becomes trustee of their own trust — investing it, managing it, and controlling distributions.
"Our kids are responsible — they don't need this."
The three risks it guards against — divorce, lawsuits, and future estate tax — have nothing to do with how responsible your kids are.
What the trust does not do.
Honest limits, the questions CPAs ask, and an FAQ written specifically for your adult children to read. No surprises — that's the point.
Watch the Complete Video
Rilus walks through all five misconceptions — the subtrust distinction, the tax strategy, the step-up in basis, and why protection has nothing to do with how responsible your kids are.
Watch on YouTubeAsk Whether Your Estate Plan Should Include It
The Maat Legal Dynasty Trust is built into estate plans at Rilus Law, serving Arizona and California. If your current plan leaves everything to your children outright, it's worth a conversation.
