Nonprobate Transfer

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The distribution of a deceased person’s property by any means other than probate. many types of property pass free of probate, including (in some states) property left to a surviving spouse and property left outside of a will through probate-avoidance methods such as pay-on-death designations, joint tenancy ownership, living trusts, and life insurance. property that avoids probate is sometimes described as the nonprobate estate.

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