Author

Rosalind Hale

Estate planning

Rosalind covers wills, trusts, probate, and the paperwork that decides who gets what. She focuses on the court process people only meet once, under pressure, and on the planning choices that keep an estate out of it entirely.

Estate planning11 min

What is probate: how the court process works, what it costs, how long it takes, which assets skip it entirely, and when you can avoid it

Rosalind Hale · reviewed by Theodore Marsh, JD