Galvin Wills & Probate Lawyer, Washington
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Kelli S Bringolf
Wills, Estate Planning, Estate, Family Law
Status: In Good Standing Licensed: 23 Years
1009 Mellen St, Centralia, WA 98531
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LEGAL TERMS
CERTIFIED COPY
A copy of a document issued by a court or government agency guaranteed to be a true and exact copy of the original. Many agencies and institutions require certi... (more...)
A copy of a document issued by a court or government agency guaranteed to be a true and exact copy of the original. Many agencies and institutions require certified copies of legal documents before permitting certain transactions. For example, a certified copy of a death certificate is required before a bank will release the funds in a deceased person's payable-on-death account to the person who has inherited them.
EMPLOYEE RETIREMENT INCOME SECURITY ACT OF 1974 (ERISA)
A federal law passed to protect pension rights. ERISA: sets minimum standards for pension plans, guaranteeing that pension rights cannot be unfairly denied to o... (more...)
A federal law passed to protect pension rights. ERISA: sets minimum standards for pension plans, guaranteeing that pension rights cannot be unfairly denied to or taken from a worker provides some protection for workers in the event certain types of pension plans cannot pay the benefits to which workers are entitled, and requires that employers provide full and clear information about employees' pension rights, including the way pension benefits accumulate, how the company invests pension funds, and when and how pension benefits can be collected.
LAPSE
Under a will, the failure of a gift of property. A gift lapses when the beneficiary dies before the person who made the will, and no alternate has been named. S... (more...)
Under a will, the failure of a gift of property. A gift lapses when the beneficiary dies before the person who made the will, and no alternate has been named. Some states have anti-lapse statutes, which prevent gifts to relatives of the deceased person from lapsing unless the relative has no heirs of his or her own. A lapsed gift becomes part of the residuary estate.
BYPASS TRUST
A trust designed to lessen a family's overall estate tax liability. An AB trust is the most popular kind of bypass trust.
PROVING A WILL
Convincing a probate court that a document is truly the deceased person's will. Usually this is a simple formality that the executor or administrator easily sat... (more...)
Convincing a probate court that a document is truly the deceased person's will. Usually this is a simple formality that the executor or administrator easily satisfies by showing that the will was signed and dated by the deceased person in front of two or more witnesses. When the will is holographic -- that is, completely handwritten by the deceased and not witnessed, it is still valid in many states if the executor can produce relatives and friends to testify that the handwriting is that of the deceased.
SUCCESSOR TRUSTEE
The person or institution who takes over the management of trust property when the original trustee has died or become incapacitated.
DISINHERIT
To deliberately prevent someone from inheriting something. This is usually done by a provision in a will stating that someone who would ordinarily inherit prope... (more...)
To deliberately prevent someone from inheriting something. This is usually done by a provision in a will stating that someone who would ordinarily inherit property -- a close family member, for example -- should not receive it. In most states, you cannot completely disinherit your spouse; a surviving spouse has the right to claim a portion (usually one-third to one-half) of the deceased spouse's estate. With a few exceptions, however, you can expressly disinherit children.
INTESTATE SUCCESSION
The method by which property is distributed when a person dies without a valid will. Each state's law provides that the property be distributed to the closest s... (more...)
The method by which property is distributed when a person dies without a valid will. Each state's law provides that the property be distributed to the closest surviving relatives. In most states, the surviving spouse, children, parents, siblings, nieces and nephews, and next of kin inherit, in that order.
DEVISEE
A person or entity who inherits real estate under the terms of a will.
SAMPLE LEGAL CASES
In re Disciplinary Proceeding Against Stansfield
... 4 According to Stansfield, he was retained solely to probate the estate to facilitate collection of
the Farmers insurance money. ... It is uncontested that Stansfield promptly filed the probate in Grant
County Superior Court and Urquilla was appointed personal representative. ...
Perrin v. Stensland
... 7 On August 15, 2006, the Van Weerdhuizens' son, Dale, was appointed personal representative
of Gordon's estate in a probate opened in Whatcom County. The probate file included Gordon's
will, in which Hattie was the first nominee for personal representative. ...
IN RE ESTATE OF PALMER
... [7]. ¶ 13 Under RCW 11.24.010, an interested party must contest a will within four months
following probate. The trial court admitted the Palmers' wills to probate on June 22, 2004. ... If
no person shall appear within the time under this section, the probate ... ...
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