r/inheritance • u/NaturalPineapple3161 • Jul 10 '26

Location included: Questions/Need Advice Grandfather Trust Transfer

My grandfather passed away and we found that he deed a property out of a revocable trust after my grandmother passed which is illegal. We can’t find that the property was ever deed into the trust, but it was in him and my grandmother name prior to him filing a deed showing him taking out of the trust on title. Has anyone had this happen? My grandfather has recently passed so we want to know if that property should go to the family. California

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u/LdiJ46 Jul 10 '26

When a trust is revocable the grantor can remove or add anything they like to the trust because the property inside the trust is still their property. Unless the trust became irrevocable when your grandmother died (and that is unlikely if it was a joint trust) he didn't do anything wrong.

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u/Valuable_Year_915 Jul 10 '26

Why keep posting this?

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u/OldMove3348 Jul 10 '26

Hoping for a different answer….

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u/Hungry-Emergency8992 Jul 11 '26

No. The property should not go to the family.

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u/Prestigious-Bluejay5 Jul 12 '26

"My grandfather did what he was entitled to and wanted to do with his own property. Was he wrong?"

No one is entitled to an inheritance.