Wondering how to avoid probate? This guide explains common techniques you can use to ensure assets don't have to pass through the probate process.

Q. How can we avoid probate and reduce the estate tax for our beneficiaries, who are our two adult children? We know about payable on death (POD) bank accounts. Is it better to put our two houses ...

To help illustrate why preventable problems occur, this article will focus on one aspect of estate planning called probate.

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 ...

We constantly hear from advisors that we should plan our affairs in such a way as to avoid probate.

Discover various strategies to get around probate. Learn about living trusts, joint ownership, beneficiary designations, gifting assets, and more.

To Avoid Probate, Use Trusts for Estate Planning How revocable and irrevocable trusts ensure assets go to beneficiaries without them having to endure the long, expensive and public process of probate.

Learn more about Heather at NerdWallet’s Ask an Advisor. The topic of probate raises many questions, but the most frequently asked is a simple one: How can I avoid it? First, let’s understand ...