When planning for the transfer of assets after death, two terms come up often: probate and trust. Probate is the ...

Probate is a legal process that verifies the validity of a deceased person’s will. This includes addressing debts and distributing remaining assets. If you die without a will or a living trust, ...

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

If a deceased person failed to write a will, the laws of the state govern property distribution. As mentioned in my previous column, this is termed intestate inheritance. While the will is probably ...

Some of the most valuable documents for genealogy are wills and the documents related to the legal process of administering a person's property after their death. This process is called probate. If ...

Q: My mother died in January 2023. My sister is the executor of her estate. When I enquire about what is going on with the probate, she gets hostile and says it's in probate court and she's waiting to ...

Cortes Law Firm Oklahoma City has announced a new educational initiative to shed light on its estate planning and probate ...

Though childless, Moses Johnston left behind a lasting legacy when he went to his great reward. By willing equal shares of his estate to each of his brothers and sisters and each of his late wife's ...

Settling a loved one’s financial affairs while grieving is never easy. But too many executors face problems when dealing with banks, Which? research has found. Probate is the process of dealing with ...

To a genealogist, probate is a beautiful thing. Merriam-Webster defines probate as follows: a) the action or process of proving before a competent judicial authority that a document offered for ...

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 ...