Regardless of whether you have a small estate or a very large estate, if you are 18 years of age or older you need a Will, at the very least to direct to whom your property will pass after your death and to select a personal representative (an executor) to administer your estate and pay debts and inheritance taxes.

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Probate is the legally mandated process of administrating and distributing your estate. A personal representative, the Executor of your estate as designated in your Will, is responsible for handling your assets and settling your affairs after your death.

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Dawn Getty Sutphin provides legal services in Estate Planning and Administration to clients in Southeastern Pennsylvania including Delaware, Chester, Bucks County, Philadelphia, and Montgomery Counties, as well as cities such as Prospect Park, Ridley Park, Media, Newtown Square, West Chester, and surrounding areas. Dawn is also proud to serve clients in Southern New Jersey with including Haddonfield, Cherry Hill, Voorhees, Moorestown, Marlton, and surrounding areas.

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A Durable Power of Attorney is a document that you create and sign while you are healthy that gives another person authority to act on your behalf even if you become incompetent or incapacitated. Such authority can be limited or very broad. A Durable Power of Attorney is a very powerful document and to avoid abuses, considerable thought should go into who should be the Agent and what powers should be given. Protections do exist under State law.

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