re: General Information for handling deceased parents estate.

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Are you in Louisiana? I ask as we are and my understanding is the in Louisiana there is no way to avoid probate. Husband and I have both parents so we’ve never had to deal with any of this. We’re starting to get ourselves set up to avoid as many issues as we can. Well to make it easy for our children when the time comes.

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Probate is avoidable in LA but people are typically some combination of too cheap, too lazy, and too uneducated to pull it off.

You need (a) trust and you need to fund (it) them properly. Get a good estate attorney and a great financial planner/advisor and it’s achievable.

Anything less is almost guaranteed to be fricked up.