Key Takeaways Texas probate can take 2-24 months, with delays often costing families $800-$2,000 monthly in vacant home expenses while urgent care needs arise immediately Small Estate Affidavits ...

When a person dies with a will, their estate must usually undergo probate. This is the process by which the will is proven to be valid. As part of this process, the probate court will appoint an ...

The need for probate when a spouse dies depends on various factors. If assets were owned jointly, they often pass directly to the surviving spouse without probate. Similarly, assets like life ...

Anyone handling an estate has a right to appoint a solicitor at the cost of the estate and invariably there is nothing to pay ...

When someone dies, their home can be frozen in lengthy estate administration. In the most protracted cases, wills are contested, disputes erupt between beneficiaries, or multiple executors struggle to ...

After Tony Hsieh’s will was filed in court this past spring, probate lawyers were left scratching their heads.

Silvana is wondering if a trust for her home could save taxes or help with estate planning. Here’s what she needs to know before deciding.

Lauren Enea of Enea, Scanlon & Sirignano LLP. Courtesy the firm. “I enjoy that I’m not always fixing a problem ...

I've written about freehold, strata, bare-land strata, leasehold, and last week’s co-op deep dive, where you own shares in a corporation and pray the board likes your new puppy. Today I’ll tackle the ...

The 0.01% have significant ways of protecting their wealth, and surprisingly, most of them are available to the common ...

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