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Message: <blockquote data-quote="dennishoddy" data-source="post: 3110895" data-attributes="member: 5412">We had to put my moms property through probate. We were told after the fact that she could have gone to the courthouse, filled out some form for $40 or so, and probate wouldn’t have been necessary. Years before,  mom put my sister and I as co-owners on all of her investments, checking, and savings account, then made us co-admin and Co- executors in the will. It all went pretty seamlessly except for having to pay for the probate expenses. My wife is going through that process now with her mom. It sucks, but it’s better that it it could have gone had no prior preparations been done. My best friend, his sister and brother are about to dissolve their family ties over who gets what, all over 160 acres of land with a 100 year old house on it, because no will was written.</blockquote>