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Probate

Jul. 14, 2001

Avoidance Avenues

It is always a better solution to make certain that all clients' assets are formally and properly transferred to their revocable trusts.

        By Jeff Lewis and Nelson Handy
        
        The best-designed and -drafted living trust will not accomplish the benefit of probate avoidance unless the decedent's assets have been transferred to the trust before death. Unfortunately, individuals frequently overlook the transfer of one or more assets into their existing livi...

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