Non-Probate Kansas Inheritances
The probate process can be difficult and expensive, so you’ll want to know what your options are for avoiding probate in Kansas. Listed below are some of the assets that will not have to go through probate and instead go directly to the beneficiaries, whether there is a will or not.
- Any property in a Living Trust
- Life insurance policies
- 401(k)s, IRAs, other retirement accounts
- Securities in transfer-on-death accounts or your home
- Pay-on-death bank accounts
- Joint tenancy real property: Visit the GiftLaw section on our planned giving website and click on “State Regulations” for Kansas under “Taxation and Giving”
- Vehicles held by transfer-on-death registration
