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Creating a living trust in Nebraska is a two-step process. First you create and sign the trust document in front of a notary public. You complete the trust by transferring ownership of assets into it. This last step is essential.

There are many methods that a grantor may use to transfer assets into a trust, including the following: Deeds. Title transfer. Assignment of ownership. Opening new accounts. Assignment of rights. Incorporating a pour-over will. Naming the trust as a beneficiary.

Notarization guarantees that: a) the principal(s) identity is known to the Notary or proven by satisfactory evidence or credible witness and b) the principal(s) personally appeared in the presence of the Notary to sign or execute the document.

Here's why: Technically, unlike testamentary trusts, living trusts are not expressly excluded by the Federal E-Sign Act and the Uniform (and California) Electronic Transactions Act. Therefore, electronic signatures on a living trust can potentially be treated the same as a pen-and-ink signature in the eyes of the law.

In Nebraska, you can make a living trust to avoid probate for virtually any asset you own—real estate, bank accounts, vehicles, and so on.

How do you write a pour-over will? Set up a living trust. Before you can make a pour-over will, you first need to create a living trust. Name your trustee as the beneficiary in your pour-over will. Name a will executor. Consider your other estate-planning needs.

In Nebraska, the law also allows “holographic” wills. These are handwritten wills, which are not witnessed. To be valid, the material provisions of the will, the signature and the date of signing, must all be in the handwriting of the person making the will.

Except as provided for holographic wills, writings within section 30-2338, and wills within section 30-2331, every will is required to be in writing signed by the testator or in the testator's name by some other individual in the testator's presence and by his direction, and is required to be signed by at least two ...

Probates are required for all estates exceeding $100,000 in the state of Nebraska. A petition must be filed along with the original will. If the decedent had no will, the estate will be distributed ing to the laws of intestate succession where the assets are distributed to decedent's legal heirs.