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  2. Is Probate Really That Bad? Yes, and Here's How to Avoid it - AOL

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    Probate and Why You Should Avoid It. Probate is the court procedure of proving a will after someone (the decedent) who has completed his or her last will and testament dies. If you have a will and ...

  3. How to prevent your investment assets from going into probate

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    Here are the main reasons people try to avoid probate court: It saves time : Probate can take several months or even years to complete, during which time assets are off-limits to beneficiaries.

  4. Estate planning - Wikipedia

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    After executing a trust agreement, the settlor should ensure that all assets are properly re-registered in the name of the living trust. If assets (especially higher value assets and real estate) remain outside of a trust, then a probate proceeding may be necessary to transfer the asset to the trust upon the death of the testator.

  5. Probate - Wikipedia

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    In common law jurisdictions, probate is the judicial process whereby a will is "proved" in a court of law and accepted as a valid public document that is the true last testament of the deceased; or whereby, in the absence of a legal will, the estate is settled according to the laws of intestacy that apply in the jurisdiction where the deceased resided at the time of their death.

  6. Probate court - Wikipedia

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    A probate court (sometimes called a surrogate court) is a court that has competence in a jurisdiction to deal with matters of probate and the administration of estates. [1] In some jurisdictions, such courts may be referred to as orphans' courts [ 2 ] or courts of ordinary.

  7. Is Probate Really That Bad? Yes, and Here's How to Avoid it - AOL

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    Probating an estate is an expensive, time-consuming and sometimes adversarial affair. It is possible, and sometimes advisable, to avoid probate. With the help of an estate planner and, perhaps, an ...

  8. What happens to your investment accounts after you die? - AOL

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    Without a beneficiary designation and even if you have a will, your individual account must go through probate — a court process that oversees how your assets are distributed after death ...

  9. United States trust law - Wikipedia

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    Revocable living trusts were often touted and marketed as valuable solely because of their ability to "avoid probate" and the costs and complications that surrounded it. Although probate avoidance is certainly a consideration in the use of a "living trust", there are many other estate planning techniques which also "avoid" probate.