{"id":7867,"date":"2018-05-02T07:25:15","date_gmt":"2018-05-02T14:25:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.racinelaw.net\/blog\/?p=7867"},"modified":"2018-04-25T07:32:09","modified_gmt":"2018-04-25T14:32:09","slug":"how-to-avoid-probate-in-idaho","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.racinelaw.net\/blog\/how-to-avoid-probate-in-idaho\/","title":{"rendered":"HOW TO AVOID PROBATE IN IDAHO"},"content":{"rendered":"

By Lane V. Erickson<\/a>, Idaho Estate Planning Attorney<\/p>\n

Many people I\u2019ve talked to during my 20 years of working as an estate planning attorney seem to believe that going through probate is worse than dying. I can understand why many people would feel this way. Most people talk to family and friends and usually it\u2019s only fun to talk about horror experiences rather than good experiences. As a result at your family party or when you\u2019re talking with your friends over the phone or looking at Facebook stories generally all you hear about are the worst case scenarios when it comes to probate.<\/p>\n

Nevertheless there may be some legitimate reasons to avoid probate. The biggest one that most people can think of is simply privacy. The second biggest reason is because of the expense associated with probate. Finally, some people want to avoid probate because they simply do not understand it and they believe that it\u2019s worse than getting a root canal, being audited for taxes, and speaking in public, all rolled into one. If you are convinced that you want to avoid probate here are the three ways that you can do it:<\/p>\n

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By Lane V. Erickson, Idaho Estate Planning Attorney Many people I\u2019ve talked to during my 20 years of working as an estate planning attorney seem to believe that going through probate is worse than dying. I can understand why many people would feel this way. Most people talk to family and friends and usually it\u2019s […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7867","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-estate-planning"],"yoast_head":"\nHOW TO AVOID PROBATE IN IDAHO — Idaho Law Blog — May 2, 2018<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"By Lane V. 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