Can the cost of contesting a Will be past onto the Estate at question?

If someone wants to try to challenge a Will, that person has to bear the full costs of his side of the challenge. In other words, all fees for the...

What are our options?when your paternal aunt passed away without a will and she has no kids and the parents are deceased?

It's actually not quite clear to me what your son's relationship to the deceased aunt is. It sounds like it was his father's sister. Since you...

I paid someone over $1200.00 for renovation sub contract work. Can I send them a 1099?

If your business is related to the work, then yes, you can and should send the sub contractor a 1099. If you paid someone to have the work done for...

I have about 700,000 in assets . Do I need a trust.

The value of your assets isn't really the determinative factor. If you live in Georgia (have your principal residence here), aren't planning to...

Unfortunately, the estate will likely need to be reopened for those assets to be claimed, unless there is a beneficiary designation on the asset....

WE CONTACTED A LOCAL LAWYER IN SAVANNAH GEORGIA TO DO A LIVING REVOKABLE TRUST.

I agree with the first attorney and Ms. Moyer: in general, if the Will is well-drafted and the heirs aren't fighting, Georgia probate is generally...

I live in Fulton county Georgia. My wife and I have wills that leaves everything to the surviving spouse. Recently she passed

My condolences on the loss of your wife. The first step is to determine what probate assets, if any, you wife may have owned at her death. It is...

Mother died in December and had a will that left everything to my brother & me. How do we get her house in our name?

If the Will has already been admitted to probate, the next question is whether the estate administration has been completed. That includes,...

Regarding will

If your Will specifically states that it is made in contemplation of your possible marriage and that it is not intended for any marriage to have an...

Can someone probate a year after someone has past away? Can they go back and get back what they already gave

Yes, a Will can be probated a year after someone has died, although ideally you wouldn't wait that long. And your sister should not have let you...