Nonprobate Asset

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What is Nonprobate Asset?

In trusts and estates law, non-probate assets are assets in which the title has already been transferred within a decedent's lifetime, or assets in which the transfer of title is controlled by some sort of survivorship mechanism and not through the estate.

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