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Martin J. Keenan

Criminal, Estate Planning, Family Law, Litigation
Status:  In Good Standing *Status is reviewed annually. For latest information visit here           

Don J Knappenberger

Tax, Wills & Probate, Real Estate, Government
Status:  In Good Standing *Status is reviewed annually. For latest information visit here           Licensed:  50 Years

Levi Morris

Traffic, Estate Planning, Divorce, DUI-DWI
Status:  In Good Standing *Status is reviewed annually. For latest information visit here           

Ronald C. Mason

Tax, Electronic Commerce, Estate Planning, Business
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Terry Bruce

Federal Appellate Practice, Trusts, Business, Bankruptcy
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Larry E. Keenan

Oil & Gas, Health Care, Estate Planning, Business Organization, Government
Status:  Deceased *Status is reviewed annually. For latest information visit here           Licensed:  72 Years

Addie Lou Baird

Agriculture, Estate Planning, Property & Casualty, Oil & Gas
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Alan Hanson

Real Estate, Wills & Probate, Estate Planning, Contract, Industry Specialties
Status:  In Good Standing *Status is reviewed annually. For latest information visit here           Licensed:  59 Years

Janice A Jacobs Jorns

Wills & Probate, Estate Planning, Family Law, Contract, Industry Specialties
Status:  In Good Standing *Status is reviewed annually. For latest information visit here           Licensed:  44 Years

Glenn Opie

Real Estate, Industry Specialties, Wills & Probate, Trusts
Status:  Deceased *Status is reviewed annually. For latest information visit here           Licensed:  71 Years

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LEGAL TERMS

CREDIT SHELTER TRUST

See AB trust.

SPECIAL ADMINISTRATOR

(1) In the law of wills and estates, a person appointed by the court to take charge of only a designated portion of an estate during probate. For example, a spe... (more...)
(1) In the law of wills and estates, a person appointed by the court to take charge of only a designated portion of an estate during probate. For example, a special administrator with particular expertise on art might be appointed to oversee the probate of a wealthy person's art collection, but not the entire estate. (2) A person appointed to be responsible for a deceased person's property for a limited time or during an emergency, such as a challenge to the will or to the qualifications of the named executor. In such cases, the special administrator's duty is to maintain and preserve the estate, not necessarily to take control of the probate process

GRANTOR

Someone who creates a trust. Also called a trustor or settlor.

TRUST MERGER

Under a trust, the situation that occurs when the sole trustee and the sole beneficiary are the same person or institution. Then, there's no longer the separati... (more...)
Under a trust, the situation that occurs when the sole trustee and the sole beneficiary are the same person or institution. Then, there's no longer the separation between the trustee's legal ownership of trust property from the beneficiary's interest. The trust 'merges' and ceases to exist.

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.

RESIDUARY ESTATE

The property that remains in a deceased person's estate after all specific gifts are made, and all debts, taxes, administrative fees, probate costs, and court c... (more...)
The property that remains in a deceased person's estate after all specific gifts are made, and all debts, taxes, administrative fees, probate costs, and court costs are paid. The residuary estate also includes any gifts under a will that fail or lapse. For example, Connie's will leaves her house and all its furnishings to Andrew, her VW bug to her friend Carl, and the remainder of her property (the residuary estate) to her sister Sara. She doesn't name any alternate beneficiaries. Carl dies before Connie. The VW bug becomes part of the residuary estate and passes to Sara, along with all of Connie's property other than the house and furnishings. Also called the residual estate or residue.

FAILURE OF ISSUE

A situation in which a person dies without children who could have inherited her property.

INVENTORY

A complete listing of all property owned by a deceased person at the time of death. The inventory is filed with the court during probate. The executor or admini... (more...)
A complete listing of all property owned by a deceased person at the time of death. The inventory is filed with the court during probate. The executor or administrator of the estate is responsible for making and filing the inventory.

NONPROBATE

The distribution of a deceased person's property by any means other than probate. Many types of property pass free of probate, including property left to a surv... (more...)
The distribution of a deceased person's property by any means other than probate. Many types of property pass free of probate, including property left to a surviving spouse and property left outside of a will through probate-avoidance methods such as pay-on-death designations, joint tenancy ownership, living trusts and life insurance. Property that avoids probate is sometimes described as the 'nonprobate estate.' Nonprobate distribution may also occur if the deceased person leaves an invalid will. In that case, property will pass according to the particular state's laws of intestate succession.

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