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When a loved one dies, often the last thing you want to think about is getting their affairs in order. Settling a loved one’s financial and personal affairs can seem daunting and overwhelming. During this difficult and emotional time, a probate attorney can guide you through the process and help you avoid costly mistakes.
DetailsBeing the executor of an estate can be a time-consuming and involved task. Executors may be responsible for probating the decedent’s will, selling the decedent’s assets, paying the decedent’s outstanding debts, paying the decedent’s taxes, providing an inventory and accounting to the court and beneficiaries, and dealing with factious family members and making distributions to the beneficiaries, among other duties.
DetailsTrusts 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.
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