Probate is the legal process of administering a Decedent’s Last Will & Testament (“Will”), whereby assets owned by the Decedent at death are distributed pursuant to the terms of their Will, or if ...

A probate judge is an official of the county court system and a judicial official of the state who decides civil court cases that involve the probate process. Probate is the process of proving wills ...

Have you ever wondered why settling an estate can take months, or even years, even when there is a clear will and no disputes among beneficiaries? Many people expect probate to be a straightforward ...

Probate gets a bad name based on the relatively few estates that go through ugly and sometimes years-long will contests in probate courts. The article about Aubrey McClendon’s estate says that probate ...

Learn what constitutes an estate, the essentials of estate planning, and how to draft your will to effectively manage asset ...

This is the third installment of my seven-part series on major estate planning mistakes. The first two are here and here. Not avoiding probate. When an asset passes to others through a will, it has to ...

Debt collectors have a limited time to make claims against an estate, so it's important to know that firm deadline.

My mom died just over a year ago, and I’m still knee-deep in probate. I’m barely average. The typical probate process to settle a will or the estate of somebody who dies without one takes 20 months, ...

Creditors can pursue certain estate assets, but many others may be protected or pass directly to beneficiaries.