• How Does a Trust Help Avoid Probate?

    How Does a Trust Help Avoid Probate?

    The purpose of probate is to transfer property ownership for all accounts and property that are owned in your sole name and that do not have a beneficiary, pay-on-death, or transfer-on-death designation. A trust can bypass this process because your accounts and property are either transferred to the trust while you are alive, or the…

  • What is a Trust?

    What is a Trust?

    Often touted as an alternative to a will, a trust is a legal structure that owns your accounts and property or is named as the beneficiary of certain accounts and property (like a retirement account) and is managed by a trusted decision maker, also known as a trustee, on your and your beneficiaries’ behalf. A…

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