The probate of a simple will that leaves property in equal shares to two people should not take more than a few months.

Probate and settling all affairs is meant to take 12 months, but for one reader it’s now been two years with no end in sight. What can they do?

At the request of the Diamond Debtors, the Baltimore bankruptcy courts have extended the schedule further. First, the ...

Cortes Law Firm, based in Oklahoma City, is dedicated to helping families and individuals with the often complicated ...

A Muniment of Title is an order admitting the will to probate and stating that there is no need for a formal administration ...

Q: I am retired and unmarried, and I have three children who live in other states. They don't get along very well. I'm trying to avoid probate when I die so that there will be nothing my children need ...

State Bill 1448, a global bill addressing changes to probate law, sets forth rules on how a copy of a will must be handled if the original can not be found.(Rawf8 / Getty Images/iStockphoto) Texas ...

A Delaware bill aims to simplify the inheritance process for homeowners with a Transfer on Death deed. These deeds allow real estate property to transfer to named beneficiaries, bypassing probate.

Catherine H. Kim and Rose Shawlee of Boughton Law review the pain points of probate planning and why a thorough, thoughtful probate management plan is vital A lesser-known aspect of estate planning ...