When someone cuts corners on estate planning and goes for the simple and easy will, the results could be that they will cause their loved ones a great deal of grief when it comes time to settled their …
Wills
Do You Need a Lawyer to Probate a Will?
There is a reason why so many people go to great lengths to keep their estate out of probate. The probate process can be expensive, as well as complicated. For this reason, if you must probate a will, …
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Does it Make Sense to Appoint Co-Trustees?
Deciding on a successor trustee for your Revocable Living Trust can be a challenge, and sometimes clients want to appoint two trustees to serve simultaneously. While in this can be a good strategy in …
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DIY Will Software & Estate Planning Kits
For a number of reasons the do-it-yourself mentality has been burgeoning over the last couple of decades, and one of the primary contributing factors to this societal trend is the explosion of the …
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Challenging a Will on Ground of Mental Incompetence
One of the most common grounds to challenge a will is to claim that the person who wrote the will did not have the mental capacity to fully understand what they were doing when the will was signed. …
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