If you have a Will or Living Trust, you should consider the potential compensation of any executor or successor trustee who may be responsible for your assets after you die. In most states, executors and...
Under federal law, a debt collector may not contact you about the debt of a deceased relative unless you are the executor of that person’s estate. The Federal Trade Commission recently issued a policy statement...
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Probate as it relates to the settlement of an estate may seem like something you want to avoid, but you may not be able to do so. Are there ways to avoid Probate, and should...
When you don’t make a will or living trust, your estate passes to your intestate heirs upon your death. These are the people, usually close family members, whom the law identifies as entitled to inherit...
If you anticipate leaving behind final bills and debts, you might be concerned about where the money will come from to pay those items. Many clients wonder whether the funds in their 401(k), IRA, or...
We lawyers have our own language, full of unfamiliar terms with specialized meanings. This is especially true in the world of estate planning. One term that is commonly used when it comes to Wills and...
Parents often give a large sum of money to one of their children during life with the intention of making that gift an advance against the child’s inheritance. When this situation happens and a parent...
If you own property with another person as Joint Tenants With Rights of Survivorship, you likely know that, when one of you passes away, the property will be transferred to the surviving owner without going...
We hope you’ll take a moment to check our our November Newsletter. With big law changes coming up in 2011 with regard to estate taxes, now is the time to make sure you (and your...
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