ESTATE ADMINISTRATION – PROBATE PROCESS AND TIMELINE If you ask how long a typical probate process takes, the answer is “it depends.” Every probate process varies by state and by individual case because of the different... Continue Reading
Petitioner failed to establish undue influence or lack of testamentary capacity where her mother executed a will that left her entire estate to another family member. Read More… Alberta Wiggs (“testator”) died... Continue Reading
A Spousal Lifetime Access Trust (“SLAT”) is a form of “bypass trust” created during life rather than at death. What this means is that in advanced estate planning the two tax savings spousal trusts normally created at... Continue Reading
Stepchildren & Estate Planning State inheritance laws do not treat your stepchildren as your legal heirs, which means that they have no automatic legal right to inherit from you. Read... Continue Reading
Orphans’ court properly allowed decedent’s sister to present a duplicate of decedent’s will for probate because the orphans’ court correctly recognized that the burden of proof was on the sister to overcome the... Continue Reading