STUART — When the majority of people hear the word "probate," they can tell you with certainty that they definitely want to avoid that — but why? Many people don't even know what probate is and ...
You have just finished reviewing the asset statements that prospective clients have given to you. Besides seeing that this married couple's portfolio is heavily allocated in small-cap stocks, you ...
The Brooklyn Bar Association Volunteer Lawyers Project (VLP) hosted a continuing legal education seminar entitled, “More Probate, More Problems: Planning Estates Without Mistakes,” in Brooklyn Heights ...
HARTFORD -- The state's Probate Court system will be bankrupt within a year, but lawmakers are having trouble grappling with the political and financial difficulties of the system of semi-autonomous, ...
As if one probate proceeding on death is not enough, the multiple probate problem happens when, as a New York resident, you die owning real estate in another state in your name alone. All too often, ...
The 7 Investigators first exposed a troubling pattern of certain public officials and real estate brokers taking over estates, often selling homes that should belong to the rightful heirs. On ...
I try to avoid getting too hot under the collar about taxation and government fees, but the proposed Ministry of Justice increases to probate fees on bigger estates is quite simply outrageous and the ...