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  Jan Meriss Alfonso Assistant at Ascent Law LLC What happens when a person dies without a will or trust? The last thing you want to think about is what happens to your property when you die. Unfortunately, it's a thought that many of us have had to face at one point or another. Person’s will A person's will is the legal document that decides how his or her assets are distributed after death. A trust is a legal device used to manage property before and after death. There are many reasons why people choose not to create either—possibly because they don't want their heirs fighting over the will or don't want to pay for the cost of creating a trust, which can run into hundreds of thousands of dollars. Court-managed probate process Another reason might be that they believe that their possessions are separate from their family and friends and therefore don't need to be managed by family members after death. Unfortunately, most states don't allow this type of disassoc...