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Pour Over Will

By Julie Garber, About.com

Definition: A special type of Last Will and Testament that is used specifically with a trust-based estate plan. Instead of governing the distribution of all of your property, the Pour Over Will simply states that any of your property that hasn't been funded into your Revocable Living Trust prior to your death will be funded into the trust after you die. This means that, unfortunately, if any of your property isn't funded into your trust before you die, then the unfunded property will need to be probated through the use of your Pour Over Will.

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