
You are the local banker. An elderly husband and wife have been long-standing customers of your bank. They have a modest estate and have set up a living trust so they can avoid the costs of probate. If they both sign as co-trustees, can they add their daughter, who lives in another state, as a co-signer to the living trust account?
Another customer was named as the trustee for his parents’ irrevocable trust. He has a full-time job, but his wife has offered to help with the administrative tasks. Can he add his wife as a convenience signer to the trust account?
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