Originally Posted by Groundhawg
In Alabama, most wills do require probate, which is the legal process of validating the will and administering the estate. However, there are exceptions where probate might be avoided, such as when the estate's value is below a certain threshold or when assets are held in ways that bypass probate.
Here's a more detailed explanation:
Probate is generally necessary:
If a will exists and the deceased owned assets in their name alone that are subject to probate (like real estate, bank accounts without beneficiaries, or life insurance policies payable to the estate), then probate is usually required to transfer those assets to the beneficiaries.
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We had a lawyer draw everything up before he passed away. My understanding most all have to go thru probate if there is a certain level of assets. We had everything setup and legal and still had to wait for the probate period to complete. I understood it to mean if dad owed owed someone money that could place a lean on the property and or assets. Any credit cards etc…. That had debt in his name.

What we interesting was when mom passed away she only had some credit cards etc in her name and owed a few thousand, that was wiped clean since it was in her name and everything of value was in dads name. The credit card etc unsecured debt.

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