10/29/2026
Probate can consume up to 10% of your estate's value before your family sees a cent.
Without an estate plan, everything you have built goes through a court process that is slow, public, and expensive. On a $500,000 estate, that is up to $50,000 gone before your heirs receive anything, and that does not account for the months or years it can take to settle.
A properly structured estate plan can help your family avoid probate entirely. The cost of planning now is a fraction of what probate will cost later.