Child hiding face by Ulrike Mai

Probate as the Boogey-Man: What is Probate and Why Do I Want to Avoid It?


Almost as strong as Americans’ longing to avoid death is our collective insistence that probate is worse than the boogey-man and is to be avoided if at all humanly possible. It’s as though probate is out there to get you, lurking in your closet, the reason you’re taught to look under the bed before going to sleep.