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The court process of validating a will and distributing an estate after death.
Probate is the legal process for settling a deceased person's estate: validating the will, paying debts, and distributing assets. It can be slow, public, and costly depending on the state. Assets with named beneficiaries or held in a living trust generally bypass probate, which is a key reason people use those tools.
Assets passing by beneficiary designation or through a trust avoid probate.
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