Whether or not you have a will, your estate will be probated, which means it will go through a legal process to ensure that your assets are properly distributed. The probate process can be expensive, regardless of the size of... Continue Reading
Probate is the process that transfers legal title of property from the estate of the person who has died (the decedent) to his or her proper beneficiaries. The term probate refers to a proving of the existence of a valid... Continue Reading
The relevant question concerning the validity of wills is whether the person was competent at the time the will was made and executed (signed before witnesses). If the person was competent at that time, there is a valid will.... Continue Reading
Missing wills raise all sorts of interesting legal issues which often turn on the specific facts and circumstances, and the law of the state in which the deceased resided. The will may be missing because the deceased... Continue Reading
You can’t disinherit your spouse completely, unless you and your spouse have waived the right to be included in the other’s estate in a prenuptial or postnuptial agreement (agreements made before or after the marriage). Each... Continue Reading