Avoiding Probate in Missouri
- April 15, 2025
- Kelvin Birk
- Estate Planning
Probate is a court-supervised legal process that includes validating a will, appointing an executor or administrator of the estate, distributing a deceased individual’s property, and allowing creditors to state their claim to assets. Going through probate can be stressful, time-consuming, and expensive, but there are many techniques you can use to allow ownership of your property to pass directly to your desired beneficiaries while avoiding probate.
Missouri law states that probate is necessary for estates valued at more than $40,000, and there is a simplified form of probate for estates less than this amount. However, only those assets that are held individually have to go [...]