The judgment in your mother's favor is an asset of her estate. The only way to receive those funds is to do a probate proceeding (if there was a...

If you do sign the document, you will have waived your right to contest the probate of the Will and the appointment of an executor. If you don't...

A gift is complete when it is delivered. If there was donative intent and all necessary documents were properly signed (such as, by example, ...

You can include in your Will, or exclude from your Will, ANYONE, except that a spouse may not be excluded. The exclusion of your son-in-law will...

In intestate proceedings (where there is no Will), assets are provided to distributees - in this case, to you and your siblings. Whomever is...

Your father's children will all equally inherit his estate, and this is accomplished through an "administration" proceeding because he had no...

First, if and when the Will is admitted to probate, the executor will be responsible to carry out the provisions of that Will. In the absence of...

The fact that the Will is not self- proving will require extra steps, but should not, by itself, prevent it from being probated. The fact that...

Typically, the attorney will hold the signed Receipt and Release document in escrow until the funds are sent to the beneficiary. In the...

A girlfriend (ex- or not) has no grounds to claim anything, unless she is bequeathed something in a valid Will or is a joint tenant or a...