The broad answer to your question is that you and your husband really should meet with an attorney to discuss estate planning matters. The...

Your sister, being someone who would inherit a portion of the estate if there were no will, has standing to contest. You say there is a "no...

The document essentially asks you to give up any right to challenge the Will. Don't sign it unless you are certain that you are okay with the Will...

A spouse's legal rights derive not from the quality of the marital relationship, but from the fact that the legal relationship exists. With...

If you are the court-appointed administrator of his estate, then you can certainly obtain information from banks and other financial companies...

First, your reference to the law in Ohio makes me wonder whether this is a New York estate. If it is, then you're in the right place; but if the...

If the will has been filed with the Surrogate's Court in the county in which your mother resided at the time she passed away, that's fine. The...

It's very difficult to probate a lost or destroyed will. There will most likely need to be an administration proceeding. Such a proceeding is...

Your grandmother has the right to make a will at any time during her lifetime (provided she has capacity to do so) If she has made out a will, or...

A will may be filed with the Surrogate's Court in the county in which the person who drafted the will resides. There is no fee associated with...