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I have to admit I am almost always nervous to ask if there is a car as part of an estate. Cars can be a neglected aspect of estate planning because people often get a new car after they have [...]

I often get asked about the ability to sell the house in probate. In an estate administration, a house can be an extra burden. There are expenses that come right away. The executor or [...]

Can you fast track a probate administration? Maybe. Every estate administration is different. If there is a surviving spouse there may be more options than if there is not a surviving spouse. [...]

Tasking a matter through probate court without an attorney just got harder. I don’t think it was ever easy. If you ask even the most experienced probate attorney, they probably have a matter that [...]

Let’s take a look at another example where someone’s thought avoiding probate was the best solution in an estate plan. Let’s say that the desire to is to leave the family home equally to all [...]

Doesn’t everything go to my kids in equal shares? Why do I need an estate plan? Does everything go to your children? Maybe. Maybe not. When there is not a will, the inheritance is based on the [...]

Will there have to be an appraisal of the estate assets? That depends on what property is in the estate. Three months after an executor or administrator is appointed in an estate, an estate [...]

There is no requirement that you have to use the drafting attorney to probate the will. When I write drafting attorney, I mean the attorney that wrote the will or trust. The executor can hire the [...]

An effort to avoid probate at all costs can go awry. There are so many people who say, “I don’t want any part of probate. I’ve heard all of the horror stories.” What is the main way that clients [...]

You need to be careful if there is a vacant home that is part of an probate administration. There are a lot of risks with a vacant home because nobody is living there to keep an eye on things. [...]