Since my best friend died I have been struggling with a number of probate questions but I really don’t know where to turn.  I don’t have any experience in dealing with estate and trusts and the whole estate settlement process. I did find some good advice on a few of the probate and estate settlement websites and you can’t beat the price being free.  I was told by my father that living trust avoid probate as it is an estate planning strategy for those with a lot of assets. My friends family always had a lot of money so he likely knew all the angles to reduce costs when he set the trust and estate plan up.  It seems like a good idea to see if I can find a probate attorney.  I just don’t want to get sued by the other people who are supposed to inherit money under the will