For many families, the administration of a decedent's estate proceeds quietly and efficiently. Assets are gathered, debts are paid and property is distributed according to a Last Will and Testament or ...

We are increasingly seeing more disputes over the validity of marriages in probate litigation. A recurring fact pattern is that a romantic partner will attempt to orchestrate a marriage to the second ...

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In their Trusts and Estates Law column, C. Raymond Radigan and Jennifer F. Hillman provide some practical insights into the SCPA 1404 process and procedure. This article is the third in a series of ...

In In re McCown, a county court had a contested probate matter, and a party filed a motion to assign a statutory probate judge and another party filed a motion to transfer the case to a district court ...

Learn how probate validates a will, settles debts, and distributes assets to heirs under court supervision. and how state intestacy laws work when there's no will.

(MENAFN- Saving Advice) Blended families are now one of the fastest-growing sources of probate conflict in America, and many people do not realize how vulnerable their estate is until after someone ...

Recent wills and probate cases are a reminder to litigants that judges will seek to achieve outcomes that are not only correct in law but also just, says Monika Bar There is seemingly no common theme ...

The growing popularity of online will writing could lead to a ‘surge’ in contested probate cases down the line, probate experts have warned. Funeral Solution Expert, a research and consultancy firm, ...

To be able to describe some of the challenges around wills and elderly people To be able to explain why there are more contested wills To be able to describe the impact of undue influence To be able ...