Wills
Should I Use a Will or a Revocable Living Trust as My Primary Estate Planning Document? Separating Facts from Fiction. (Updated August 2025)
As part of your base (core) estate plan, you need to determine if a Will or a Revocable Living Trust (RLT) should serve as your ...
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Q&A with Loraine: My mother passed away about a year ago without a Will. How can I get access to funds she had in Florida?
Question: My mother passed away about a year ago, and sadly she had not prepared a Will. She has about seven or eight remaining accounts/funds ...
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Q&A with Loraine: My Husband Passed Away Without a Will. I Filed Probate Paperwork to be the Administrator.
Question: My husband passed away without a Will. I filed probate paperwork to be the administrator. I was told when I filed the paperwork, I ...
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Q&A with Loraine: How Do I Leave My House to My Grandson Instead of My Children?
Question: Can I leave my mortgaged house to my grandson in my Will even though I have two children? My children do not want him to ...
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Q&A with Loraine: My Sister is the Executor but Isn’t Following Through
Question: How can I force my sister to finalize my dad’s Will? She is the Executor, and the probate court is just waiting for her ...
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Q&A with Loraine: A car that was willed to me was sold before my father passed, do I have any recourse?
Question: I just found out that my deceased father left me a car in his Will. He had dementia, and some family members convinced him ...
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Q&A with Loraine: If my father passed away without a Will or trust, do my sister and I have a legal right to part of his house?
Question: My father passed away unexpectedly a few months ago before he had time to create a Will or trust, and no one was appointed ...
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Q&A with Loraine: Is a Will valid if the Executor is named using a “called by” name rather than the legal name?
Question: Is a Will valid if the Executor is named using a “called by” name rather than the legal name? My uncle named me as ...
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