What is the purpose of probate?

As you talk with Freeman or other estate planning and inheritance professionals, you’ll quickly learn that most people don’t want to go through probate. It’s an often long and complicated process that can delay inheritance and be a big headache for everyone involved. Freeman often says, “The first rule of probate is to avoid probate.”

So, if probate is so bad, why does it exist at all? Freeman answers this very reasonable question in the video below:

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