Cultivating Your Legacy: Understanding Probate and the Role of Wills in Estate Planning

Executing a will may be a part of the estate planning process. But it is likewise important to consider ways to avoid the probate process, such as revocable living trusts, gifting, and beneficiary designations.

What is Estate Planning?

Estate planning is a multi-disciplinary endeavor for designing a program for the effective management, enjoyment, and disposition of property – personal and real – of the planner at the least possible tax cost and avoidance of probate.