 Probate takes place in superior court. Probate lets the court put all of your assets on file, and lets creditors and other people know what you've got, what you owe. All your financial business is exposed. Probate takes about one year, and probate fees are based on the sale value, the fair market value of the asset. So we want to avoid probate. All right, how do we avoid probate? Number one, how do you avoid probate? Never die. That's plan one. If you can pull that off, you don't have any probates to worry about.