What Happens to a Trust After the Person Who Created It Dies? After the settlor dies, the successor trustee identifies trust property, follows notice and tax requirements, pays proper expenses, and distributes or continues assets under the trust terms. Estate-planning decisions affect control during life, the transfer of property at death, taxes, probate, and the people who may need to act during a crisis. A document that works in one family can create conflict in another because assets, beneficiary ages, marriages, debts, and ownership arrangements differ. This guide explains the general Ohio framework in plain language and identifies the records and decisions that usually matter most. In this guide A…