Probate & Administration
Q&A with Loraine: Navigating Probate
Question: Do I need to hire an attorney to go through probate? Background: My 53 year old dad recently passed away unexpectedly – without a ...
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Q&A with Loraine: How Does a “Double Death” Affect Asset Distribution?
Question: My grandmother passed away a week after my father passed away. Do I take my dad’s spot in grandmother’s will? Loraine’s Answer: Please accept ...
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Do You Need to Update Your Will and Other Estate Planning Documents If You Change Your State of Residence?
The question of needing to update your estate planning documents if you move to a different state is a common one. If your Will was ...
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Q&A with Loraine: Family Home
Question: Who does my father’s home, which he previously shared with my grandmother, legally belong to? Background: My father recently died, and my grandmother pre-deceased ...
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Q&A with Loraine: Petition to Probate
Background: My father recently passed away and I have received a request to sign a Petition to Probate in Solemn Form. Even though I did ...
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Q&A with Loraine: Petition for Letters of Administration
Question: How do I correctly fill out a Petition for Letters of Administration? Background: My father passed intestate. [Editor’s note: “Passed intestate” means to die ...
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Q&A with Loraine: Contesting a Year’s Support Petition
Question: Can I contest a Year’s Support Petition that has already been granted? Background: My father died, and my stepmother filed for the entire estate ...
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Letter of Instructions
Richard Morgan, Morgan and Disalvo. There are a couple of documents which we ask our clients to consider creating on their own. We tell ...
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