# Real Estate inheritance question

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/real-estate-inheritance-question/124156>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [August 16, 2002, 6:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/real-estate-inheritance-question/124156 "2002-08-16T06:20:48Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![handy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b5a626/32.png) [@handy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/handy)\
**Post date:** [August 16, 2002, 11:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/real-estate-inheritance-question/124156/21 "2002-08-16T23:02:49Z")

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You can research Livings Trusts,  
e.g.

[http://www.estateplancenter.com/livingtrust/what.html](http://www.estateplancenter.com/livingtrust/what.html)

"However, unlike a will a properly funded trust:

```
* Does not go through probate.
* Prevents the courts from controlling your assets at incapacity.
* Gives you control over the assets you leave to your minor children or grandchildren."
```

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**Author:** ![Squish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/8797f3/32.png) [@Squish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Squish)\
**Post date:** [August 16, 2002, 11:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/real-estate-inheritance-question/124156/22 "2002-08-16T23:17:59Z")

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> [@](#):
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> \*Originally posted by Robb \*  
> \*\*As an aside, if you’re in a cryopod on the LEXX, doesn’t that suggest that you are already dead? 😉 \*\*

I’m curled up between the boots of the Tall, Dead and Handsome. 😃

Thanks for the info, everyone! I’ll pass it along to my boyfriend’s parents.

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