From a legal standpoint, the easiest part is no different from any other asset. If your will says, “I give everything to my ...

I inherited $400,000 and I have absolutely no idea what to do. I’m retired and 72. I’ve been diagnosed with Alzheimer’s ...

The neighbor, Joann, was a widow with no children. Joann's will specified that all of her assets would go to Sarah's dad and ...

Finding a valid will years later begs the question: is it too late? Let's imagine Sarah. While going through some old papers, ...

By removing Section 213 and amending Section 370(1) of the Indian Succession Act, the recently passed Repealing and Amending ...

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A judge in Broward’s probate division describes new rules that make it easier to handle loved ones’ estates without hiring lawyers.

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At the time, the attorney said all beneficiaries needed to wait eight months before the proceeds of the sale would be ...

I'm writing in regards to my inheritance from both my mother, who passed in 2007, and my father, who passed in 2020. I was able to attend my mother's funeral and wake, but I was unable to attend my ...

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This Christmas, thousands of Michiganders may have left some presents unopened. They were not under any tree, but in Michigan ...