Probate is the legal process of proving the validity of someone’s will. So, that means when a property is in probate, there are various legal maneuvers that the inheritors of the property, the ...

You’ve probably seen the headlines: “Come Learn How to Avoid Probate!” Probate is a process for determining if a decedent left a valid will, and for distributing the decedent’s assets to the ...

Probate is the court-supervised process of validating a deceased person’s will. It involves identifying the person’s final assets, paying last debts and distributing property to the proper heirs. And ...

It’s easy to create a plan to pass financial accounts directly to heirs before you die and avoid the probate process after death. All you have to do is complete a form from your financial institution ...

At a real estate meeting a few weeks ago, a nice young lady asked me how she can buy a probate property from her four squabbling relatives who inherited the house. They can’t decide if they want to ...

A few months ago, my elderly neighbor died. He and his late wife were the original owners of their home, built around 1960. One day, as I was driving past the house, I noticed one of my former college ...

Yes, you can technically sell the property before probate, but not in the way you might think. The individual who owned the property is the only one who could have sold it, but upon their death, the ...

Q: Eleven years ago, my wife and I set up a trust and know we must restructure it now. We did not place our home in the trust, as I felt we would sell it and move to a smaller home. Why do we need a ...