When preparing your estate plan, it is essential to designate the proper fiduciaries to handle your affairs during your incapacity or after your death. How do you choose the right person for each of these roles? This is one of …
During the past four months of living through COVID-19 and adjusting to social distancing changes in our lifestyle and litigation practices, we have been compelled to rethink how and where we practice law. Opportunities have emerged in our litigation practices …
This is a continuation of my previous blog post providing a comprehensive discussion of the probate process. We previously addressed information the attorney for a decedent’s estate will require in order to complete the probate forms and facilitate the process …
When a close family member dies, the thought of serving as a fiduciary in order to administer an estate is often the last thing an individual would like to do during the grieving process. The idea of having to gather …
This post continues the discussion of the general probate process. My most recent post addressed notice to interested parties in connection with probating a will and/or obtaining the appointment of a personal representative of a decedent’s estate.