Saturday 19 August 2017

Disadvantages Of A Family Probate

By Maria Hughes


People often die unexpectedly and leave their property behind for them to serve their families. However, the property and money left behind by the deceased does not serve the families but rather it goes to people who may even have never met the deceased. The article below explains why people should insist on having an estate plan rather than having to hire a Family Probate after they have passed on.

For the probates to continue, it is important that all the experts to be involved in the process to be paid before the process even begins. This money is often cut off from the assets that the deceased left behind. The assets are also used to pay debts immediately without even seeking other ways to have them paid later on.

Another main disadvantage of probates is the fact that it is time consuming. The families will have to wait for long ques of families with similar or different cases till it is their turn. In addition, once it is their turn, the case is not solved completely and it is often adjourned. Meanwhile the relatives who were left behind by the deceased and depended on them for support are suffering as they wait for the money.

For people who want to have the deceased rest in peace will also find that the use of probates affects this completely, this is because the process will make all the dealings that the deceased had a public matter. Everyone will thus be able to know what the deceased used to do, from all the positive to the negative which also affects the relatives.

The publicity may also be toward the relatives themselves. This is often the case when some of the relatives do not agree on the manner in which the case is being handled often being the way the assets were assigned. The progress and protests by the relatives are usually documented online and can be accessed by anyone thus exposing them to the public for ridicule.

The expensive and lengthy trait of the probates process tends to bring out a high risk that the families may not receive anything that was left behind by the deceased and if they receive something, it is too low to help them survive for a long time. This is a very high risks as it leaves your relatives suffering although all the wealth you acquired was to ensure that they have a comfortable life.

After the cases and the relatives have received adequate wealth, there is always someone or some people who would want to swindle the kin of the deceased into giving out their property to them. The law does not take care of the kin after this thus they may be easily swindled into poverty. However, it is important to note that with the estate plan all this is taken care of.

Probates although convenient at time should not be the method that people should rely on to trying to solve their inheritance cases. It is best for people to just have a will or estate plan ready just in case to ensure that even in their death, their family is well catered for. This is the best gift that the deceased can give to their relatives after their death.




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