Local Law Firms Home > Probate Law News > Ohio Appeals Court Rules on Estate Planning Dispute Did you know? Revocable living trusts are used as an estate planning tool to avoid probate. Revocable living trusts have multiple benefits, including the ability to safeguard assets from probate. All assets in the trust are safe from probate because the assets continue to belong to the trust. Only the beneficiary name is changed when the inheritance must be passed on. |