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Funding Your Trust: A Critical Step for Tulsa Families

Posted by Emilee Morris Ratcliff | Jan 21, 2026 | 0 Comments

Funding your trust is one of the most important—and most often overlooked—steps in estate planning. For Tulsa families, a trust that isn’t properly funded can still lead to probate, delays, and unnecessary court involvement. This blog explains what trust funding means, which assets typically need to be transferred, and why beneficiary designations matter. It also highlights how the Tulsa estate planning team at Morris Ratcliff Law helps clients ensure their trusts actually work as intended.

Meet Emilee!

Emilee graduated from the University of Tulsa School of Law with highest honors. During law school, Emilee served as the Native American Law Students Association President, the Public Interest Board Secretary, and as an articles editor for the Tulsa Law Review. Emilee also holds a Bachelor of Arts in psychology from Baylor University where she completed the Baylor Interdisciplinary Core program and graduated with honors.

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