You certainly raise some valid concerns. Generally a qualified estate planning attorney will have a checklist that they go through to determine if a person is mentally competent to make changes to their trust. So, for example, an attorney will talk to the client (alone), talk to them generally about things, ask about their family, ask about their assets, etc.... If the attorney feels the client is mentally competent then they will make the changes being requested. Each attorney is different of course.
Answered on Jul 03rd, 2013 at 4:26 PM