It’s easy to create a plan to pass financial accounts directly to heirs before you die and avoid the probate process after death. All you have to do is complete a form from your financial institution ...

Probate is the legal process of proving the validity of someone’s will. So, that means when a property is in probate, there are various legal maneuvers that the inheritors of the property, the ...

If you own any property at all, you probably know about estate planning. You can decide what happens to your assets after you die, of course. But sometimes, people don’t pen a will or trust before ...

Share this Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Share on LinkeIn Selling properties in probate has become an extremely difficult process that’s taking between three and four months longer than usual, ...

You’ve probably seen the headlines: “Come Learn How to Avoid Probate!” Probate is a process for determining if a decedent left a valid will, and for distributing the decedent’s assets to the ...

A few months ago, my elderly neighbor died. He and his late wife were the original owners of their home, built around 1960. One day, as I was driving past the house, I noticed one of my former college ...