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We don’t talk about storage of estate planning document storage as much as we should. Many clients leave the originals with their attorneys for safekeeping. If it’s been a while since [...]

Who will have the unknown probate administration? The couple who owns real estate, has minor children, and doesn’t have a trust. Read that again. Think about what would happen. If Mom and [...]

Blended family planning can be uncomfortable to talk about. After all, how do we split things between the spouse and the children when they are not related? And how do we do this when everyone is [...]

You want to make sure that you avoid any insurance woes when you are doing estate planning or  administering an estate. On the estate planning front, you always want to make sure that the [...]

Everyone wants to know “how long does probate take?” The answer is simple. It depends. In most situations, if the estate has been opened less than six months after the [...]

One of the estate planning considerations that is not discussed a lot is document storage. Where should you keep your estate planning documents? There are quite a few options on this front. But [...]

Sometimes an estate plan changes without somebody intending to change it. Here are a few places where this occurs. A couple purchases a new piece of real estate. Remember, what happens with a [...]

It’s important to understand what is going on with creditor bills. In Ohio, a most creditors have six months to submit a claim for payment. It’s important to emphasize the term [...]

If you’re an executor, administrator, or trustee, and you have real estate to sell, you need to know about point of sale inspections. What are these inspections? Basically, a point of sale [...]

There are some important considerations when it comes to appraising the estate. An executor or administrator must return an inventory and appraisal to the Probate Court within three months of the [...]