Probate - How to Avoid it
Rule 1: Avoid Probate!
Rule 2: If you can’t avoid it: expedite and minimize it!
We usually want to avoid Probate. Probate is a legal safety net for situations where an individual didn’t make a plan to distribute his or her assets.
Probate answers the question: “Who controls my stuff if I’m incapacitated?” and “Who owns my stuff, now that I’m gone?”
Reasons why people want to avoid probate:
1. If I can decide myself – why should I allow a third party to have authority over my estate?
2. If I can plan it cheaper and easier – why would I take a track that is more expensive and more aggravating?
3. If I can do it privately and quickly on my terms, why would I take the path of a public, slow-moving bureaucratic process?
How we help you in Probate situations:
1. Shorter time in probate.
2. Fewer court dates.
3. We begin by mapping out the probate process and then strategically simplify, combine and eliminate steps in the process. This gets your matter through the probate system surprise free, aggravation free and fast, all at a reasonable fee.
Have you ever had to go to Traffic Court?
Do you remember the hassle and the aggravation involved over a $75.00 ticket?
Can you imagine the hassle involved in transferring thousands of dollars of an individual’s lifetime assets through the probate system?
Let us help you avoid or minimize this brutal experience!
Call us at 847-729-3300. Dolly will probably answer. Tell her that you visited our site and would like to learn more about how we can help you avoid or minimize probate in your situation.
