 All right, if you've got a living trust, the centerpiece of an estate plan, why would you ever need a will? Because a will leads to probate. You want to avoid probate. Well, sure you want to avoid probate, but what if someone passes away and they left out an important piece of property or asset from their living trust? You want that asset to go the way the rest of your living trust articles do. Well, the only way to get it into that living trust is through a probate. Therefore, if you have a living trust, you need a poor over will. It's a special kind of will. And we also use wills to name guardians for minor children. So even though a will can lead to problems like probate, that a living trust can solve, a will is still an integral part of a good estate plan.