They want to screw up whatever arrangements you make. There are many types of trusts. Besides living trusts, many peoples' wills create trusts for children, grandchildren and elderly family members. Lawyers call trusts created by will testamentary. Sometimes, trusts include instructions about health care and education of beneficiaries.
Trustees often have big jobs.
If you appoint them to look out for and educate small children, the task easily can last for 20 or 25 years. If trustees care for disabled adults, the trust may continue as long as the beneficiary's life. Still, in the debate pitting living trusts against wills, little is said about how to choose trustees. Trustees are of two kinds. One is a trust institution, usually a bank but occasionally freestanding.