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Common non-probate assets include: Life insurance proceeds or pension benefits payable to a named beneficiary. Assets such as a home owned with someone else in joint tenancy or tenancy by the entirety. Assets with a listed beneficiary outside of the deceased person's will such as an IRA or payable-on-death bank account.

One way is to execute and fund a trust. If all of your assets are in a trust, they will pass through your trust instead of undergoing the probate process. Another way to avoid probate is to add beneficiary designations or ?transfer on death? or ?payable on death? designations on your bank accounts and other assets.

Estate Plan Drafting In Virginia, the cost for comprehensive estate plan drafting can range from $700 to $6350, depending on the complexity of your estate and the attorney's experience. The cost of creating a will in Virginia can range from $200 to $1250. A trust in Virginia typically costs between $700 and $4450.

In Virginia, any estate valued at greater than $50,000 at the time of the owner's passing must go through the probate procedure.

Most of the time, you will be required to go through the probate process in Virginia. However, there are exceptions to this rule. Even if the entire estate can't avoid probate altogether, certain assets may be excluded from the probate process.

The factors that will determine probate and a length of probate will be whether or not there was a testamentary trust, whether there are family disputes or complications, and what level of estate planning was done prior to the death of the decedent.