Can You Keep Your Estate's Value Out of Nebraska's Public Court Records?

A will does not keep your finances private in Nebraska. Once a probate case is opened, your personal representative has to file an inventory of everything you owned, with values, in a public court file. Even a funded trust may still need a county court inheritance tax determination. This article walks through where a Nebraska estate becomes public, what a revocable trust, transfer-on-death deed, and the two $100,000 affidavit procedures can and cannot protect, and what to gather before you meet with an estate planning attorney.