<prompt> Human: Hi all,My grandfather passed away last year and I have since found out that I am one of the beneficiaries to a trust established by him. How I found out was that I received papers explaining that I was part of it; I was to signnotarize a copy of the papers confirming that I was part of the trust. I did this. However, I see nothing about terms of the trust and how what assets I would be inheriting. I inquired my mother the only family member Im close to, but she is clueless. How do I properly inquire about terms and the assets of the trust that I am to inherit? Do I write to the law firm directly, or address to the currently acting trustee, a separately-named person? What exactly do I say wording?Any help resources with this would be awesome.  <response>: Im not an expert here, but I think you should be able to contact the trustee and inquire about what you should expect from the trust. Theres lots of ways that the trust could be structured. I think you could ask something like:Hi Trustee,I recently learned about this trust that my grandfather, name, setup for my benefit. Id like to better understand what this means for me. Please contact me at your earliest convenience: email, phone.Sincerely,youI think what you want to find out: - are there restrictions on what you can use the money on education, etc - how often will the funds be distributed? Maybe its monthly; maybe yearly, maybe only once you reach a certain age or cross certain life events college graduation, wedding, etc.You may owe taxes on distributions, but it depends on how much of the distribution is original principal or gainsdividendsetc. Your trustee should be able to tell you that youll be getting a tax form at the year end if you have distributions.Just my 2 cents. 