Gullett Sanford Robinson & Martin PLLC
Trusts are a common estate planning tool used to meet a variety of estate planning goals. To maximize trust benefits, estate planning professionals frequently advise their clients to transfer real property into trusts. Placing real property in a trust can achieve estate planning goals like avoiding probate, reaping tax benefits, ensuring real property passes according to the client’s desires, and providing creditor protection.
DetailsA variety of things can stand in the way of properly offering a will for probate or suing for breach of duties to a trust. One specifically of utmost importance is the statute of limitations. A statute of limitations is a statute, which prescribes a period, normally several years, which limits the time in which one can bring a cause of action.
DetailsThere are several ways to make a will in Tennessee – through legal counsel, by writing your own, and in certain limited situation even by oral cantation. Tennessee statute sets forth the necessary requirements, and our case law contains a countless number of scenarios by which a will shall be deemed defective if not followed in accordance with the law.
DetailsThere are many aspects of the law where it is only natural to overlook the important details when moving to another state. One of these important aspects is whether a validly executed will from another state will still be valid once moved to another state.
DetailsWhat happens when you own a piece of real property with another person or people – be they family members, friends, or even strangers – and you have differing views about what to do with it?
DetailsWhen a person dies intestate (without a valid will stating to whom the decedent’s property is to be distributed) in Tennessee, property can be divided multiple ways depending on the number and types of heirs-at-law, the type of property ownership involved, and whether the decedent has any valid debts. Many factors are involved which is why it is essential to understand your intestacy rights under Tennessee law when a spouse, parent, or other family member dies without a valid will.
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