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Includes: Estate Administration, Living Wills, Wills

Savi Grewal

Divorce, Bankruptcy, International Other, Wills, Child Custody
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James Stephen Macdonald

Bankruptcy & Debt, Divorce & Family Law, Wills & Probate, Real Estate, Litigation
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Jeremi Lynn Ossman

DUI-DWI, Wills & Probate, Criminal
Status:  In Good Standing *Status is reviewed annually. For latest information visit here           Licensed:  21 Years

Rex Adam Moyle Finney

Real Estate, Wills & Probate
Status:  In Good Standing *Status is reviewed annually. For latest information visit here           Licensed:  24 Years

Jeremy Paul Featherston

Real Estate, Motor Vehicle, Sexual Harassment, Child Custody, Wills & Probate
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Samuel Alexander Lovely

Real Estate, Wills, Trusts, Family Law
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Rafael John Droz

Motor Vehicle, Wills & Probate, Criminal
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Meagan Alene Boyd

Estate Planning, Estate, Wills
Status:  Inactive *Status is reviewed annually. For latest information visit here           Licensed:  20 Years

John Norman Macleod

Litigation, Wills, Banking & Finance, Business
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Lisa Holmes

Commercial Real Estate, Litigation, Wills & Probate, Estate Planning
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LEGAL TERMS

INCOMPETENCE

The inability, as determined by a court, to handle one's own personal or financial affairs. A court may declare that a person is incompetent after a hearing at ... (more...)
The inability, as determined by a court, to handle one's own personal or financial affairs. A court may declare that a person is incompetent after a hearing at which the person is present and/or represented by an attorney. A finding of incompetence may lead to the appointment of a conservator to manage the person's affairs. Also known as 'incompetency.'

SURROGATE COURT

See probate court.

ESTATE PLANNING

The art of continuing to prosper when you're alive, and passing your property to your loved ones with a minimum of fuss and expense after you die. Planning your... (more...)
The art of continuing to prosper when you're alive, and passing your property to your loved ones with a minimum of fuss and expense after you die. Planning your estate may involve making a will, living trust, healthcare directives, durable power of attorney for finances or other documents.

EXECUTOR

The person named in a will to handle the property of someone who has died. The executor collects the property, pays debts and taxes, and then distributes what's... (more...)
The person named in a will to handle the property of someone who has died. The executor collects the property, pays debts and taxes, and then distributes what's left, as specified in the will. The executor also handles any probate court proceedings and notifies people and organizations of the death. Also called personal representatives.

HEIR AT LAW

A person entitled to inherit property under intestate succession laws.

UNIFORM TRANSFER-ON-DEATH SECURITY ACT

A statute that allows people to name a beneficiary to inherit stocks or bonds without probate. The owner of the securities can register them with a broker using... (more...)
A statute that allows people to name a beneficiary to inherit stocks or bonds without probate. The owner of the securities can register them with a broker using a simple form that names a person to receive the property after the owner's death. Every state but Texas has adopted the statute.

QTIP TRUST

A type of trust for wealthy married couples that allows a surviving spouse to postpone estate taxes. A QTIP trust allows the surviving spouse to make use of the... (more...)
A type of trust for wealthy married couples that allows a surviving spouse to postpone estate taxes. A QTIP trust allows the surviving spouse to make use of the trust property tax-free. Taxes are deferred until the surviving spouse dies and the trust property is received by the final trust beneficiaries, who were named by the first spouse to die.

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.

ANCILLARY PROBATE

A probate proceeding conducted in a different state from the one the deceased person resided in at the time of death. Usually, ancillary probate proceedings are... (more...)
A probate proceeding conducted in a different state from the one the deceased person resided in at the time of death. Usually, ancillary probate proceedings are necessary if the deceased person owned real estate in another state.

SAMPLE LEGAL CASES

Losser v. Bradstreet

... This Court is asked to decide whether Losser is permitted to bring an independent action to recover attorney fees and costs incurred in earlier probate proceedings. ... Upon their mother's death, Bradstreet submitted a holographic will for informal probate. ...

IN THE MATTER OF ESTATE OF McKEE

... On March 16, 2007, the magistrate court held a hearing to consider the Motion for Partial Distribution, the Motion to Dismiss Probate, and a Motion to Strike the Affidavit of Bill E. McKee. ... B. The informal probate was barred by the statute of limitations. ...

City of Huetter v. Keene

... In White v. Young, 88 Idaho 188, 397 P.2d 756 (1964), we stated what it means to "qualify." Crowley was elected as a probate judge on November 3, 1964, and on November 9th he took and filed the oath of office and filed the required bond. ...

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