Your brother is responsible for probating your mother’s will. He must make an accurate accounting of all assets that go through probate. These exclude life-insurance policies, retirement ...

Probating a California will is possible, but it can make the probate process take longer and cost more. Banks, brokerage houses and other businesses (including hospitals) like to see Texas powers ...

You can also search indexes of probate records that may show a will or the probating of an estate. Before you decide to visit local archive offices, do as much research as possible. List the ...

As a rule of thumb, probating an estate always takes more time and effort than initially anticipated. Going into the process prepared with proper knowledge and procedures should make the ...

Often, when discussing the process of probating a will after someone has died, the beneficiaries do not understand why they have to give notice to the deceased person’s heirs. “But he had a ...

Because the assets transfer to a named beneficiary, the time and cost of probating the will are also avoided, as named beneficiary designations always supersede your will. This applies not only to ...

Through my daily interactions with clients and prospects, I’ve noticed a significant issue: a lack of planning for ...

“The costs may be on the back end if the process of probating your will becomes complicated because your will isn’t clear about where everything should go,” Farrell says. If you have a ...

MILWAUKEE, Wis., April 24. -- Objections to probating the will of Mrs. Lisette Schandein of the Pabst-Best families of brewers, were made this morning in the Probate Court by Emil Schandein ...

had yet to be settled. The IRS recently completed its valuation of the team at the time of the elder Smith's death, though, and that accelerated the probating of the estate. With that major hurdle ...