Over the years, many prospective clients have contacted me claiming that they needed a trust. After an initial planning meeting, many of those clients decided to include a trust in…
I wrote about probate in a prior blog (see “What is Probate?”). In short, probate is the legal process of administering a decedent’s probate estate under the supervision of a…
Probate is the legal process of administering a decedent’s probate estate upon death. A decedent’s probate estate consists of assets that a decedent owned at death (1) in her individual…
Why You Need a Will and What Happens if You Die Without One
A last will and testament or “will” is a key component to an estate plan and allows the person creating the will (the “testator”) to take control of several important...