If you know someone who has been through a probate, they'll tell you that it can last years and cause permanent family feuding.
If young children are involved, probate includes having a judge choose who will raise them and who will be in charge of the money they inherit.
If your kids are already adults, probate can become a contest of who's in charge and who should get what. Often it results in siblings sueing each other to force some decision they should not have been stuck with in the first place.
But probate is completely avoidable and you can learn how by using the button below.
