Free class on Avoiding Probate to be offered March 24 in Georgetown

Avoiding Probate, a free class, will be offered to the public from 5 to 6 p.m., Tuesday, March 24, at the Georgetown Public Library, 123 West Pine St., Georgetown.  

The class covers avoiding probate: how to make the transition of property occur seamlessly at the time of death, without opening an estate. 

The sponsor, Delaware Money School, provides an experienced and well-qualified instructor, Deirdre McCartney, Esq. Having written, spoken and taught on the subject many times, she breaks down a complex subject to simple, understandable layman’s terms. 

This class focuses only on steps the lay person can take so assets transfer at death to the intended beneficiaries by operation of law, immediately and automatically. Those who have served as a personal representative or executor of an estate know firsthand how complex, expensive and time-consuming the probate process can be. Everyone should have a will prepared with a competent attorney. However, this class teaches how to prepare an estate in such a manner that the entire probate process can be avoided, and the will never comes into play. 

The Money School (demoneyschool.org) is a program of the nonprofit Delaware Community Reinvestment Action Council. It offers more than 600 free, no-hassle personal finance classes a year, all over the state, taught by volunteers from the nonprofit and corporate sectors. For more information about DCRAC, go to dcrac.org.  Register to attend the class at: https://www.demoneyschool.org/#/all-classes.