Introduction: thinking about probate avoidance -- Set up payable-on-death accounts -- Name a beneficiary for your retirement accounts -- Name a beneficiary for stocks and bonds -- Name a beneficiary for your vehicles -- Name a beneficiary for your real estate -- Hold property in joint ownership -- Create a living trust -- Take advantage of special procedures for small estates -- Make gifts -- Putting it all together.
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Suggests methods for avoiding probate court, including setting up payable-on-death bank accounts, naming a beneficiary for retirement accounts, registering stocks in transfer-on-death forms, and creating a living trust.
Eight ways to avoid probate
Estate planning-- United States, Popular works.
Probate law and practice-- United States, Popular works.