Probate requirements

No. Probate is not always a requirement. Some assets pass automatically, e.g., pension benefits pass by the beneficiary designation. The same...

Trusts and divorce

You need to meet with a competent lawyer in your neighborhood and provide that lawyer with the facts. You write that the "house is in a trust with...

Revocable and irrevocable trust

First, you should retain a competent estate and trust (sometimes just called "probate") litigator. If you do not know one, then you should get a...

Wills

First, you must get a recommendation to a competent, local, estate planning attorney for a friend, relative, business colleague or your CPA. You...

After a person dies, does a lawyer file their will with the city or state and if so, what department?

First, of course, instead of relying on information from a web site, you must get a recommendation to a competent, local, estate planning lawyer...

Can I contest that a holographic will is invalid in OK state?

First, if your aunt failed to reply she may have waived her rights under Oklahoma law. Second, yes a holographic Will can be enforced. Third, a...

Do I need a new Will if the attorney who drew mine up passed away?

First, you do not need to "file" a Will. The original Will should be kept in your safe deposit box (or fireproof safe); the attorney who prepared...

Property in a will

If you leave your home outright to your son in your Will, then it is his property. What he then does with it is up to him. If, instead, you leave...

Protecting my dad's house

You need to contact a lawyer who specializes in "Elder Law." That is a subspecialty of estate planning that deals with governmental benefits. The...

There are at least three different types of liabilities to be considered in connection with a business. First, if someone is injured in the...