8 ways to avoid probate

Thinking about probate avoidance --

Set up payable-on-death accounts --

Name a beneficiary for your retirement accounts --

Name a beneficiary for stocks and bonds --

Name a beneficiary for your vehicles --

Name a beneficiary for your real estate --

Hold property in joint ownership --

Create a living trust --

Take advantage of special procedures for small estates --

Make gifts --

Putting it all together --

Appendix: State information.

Introduction

Thinking about probate avoidance

Set up payable-on-death accounts

Name a beneficiary for your retirement accounts

Name a beneficiary for stocks and bonds

Name a beneficiary for your vehicles

Name a beneficiary for your real estate

Hold property in joint ownership

Create a living trust

Take advantage of special procedures for small estates

Make gifts

Putting it all together

Appendix: State information.