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Many people choose family members to serve as trustees.
They don't charge a fee, and they generally have a personal stake in the trust's success. If the family member is competent to handle the financial matters involved, has the time and interest to do so, and if you're not afraid of family conflicts if one relative is named trustee, using a family member can be a good move for a small to medium sized trust. If you do make a relative a trustee, be sure to consider who the successor will be in the event of death, incapacity, divorce or other family strife. Many settlors or grantors name co-trustees. But corporate trustees, while expert, may be too expensive for moderate estates.