Nevada Probate Avoidance Strategies – Part 3 of a 5 Part Series – Beneficiary Designations
Beneficiary designations are contractual pay-on-death clauses for certain kinds of assets like life insurance and qualified retirement accounts as well as some brokerage and bank accounts. When the owner of the account or policy passes away the asset passes directly to the person designated. Life insurance and individual retirement accounts are generally never transferred into the trust because their designed to go straight to the designated beneficiary. When the owner dies these types of accounts…