Estate planning is part of comprehensive financial planning. It includes making a will. If you don’t make a will before your death, you will die intestate. In that case, your assets will be ...

Probate Initiation: An interested party, often a family member or creditor, petitions the probate court to open an intestate estate. Appointment of Administrator: The court appoints an administrator ...

Attorney Andrea McNairy of Brown & Crouppen Law Firm explains that a will is a legal document that directs how assets are ...

Intestacy laws step in immediately when someone dies without clear instructions. These laws, which vary by state, decide who gets what from bank accounts, property, and personal items. It can lead to ...

When someone passes away without a will in our city, what happens next can be quite confusing, costly, and deeply personal. You might assume things fall into place, but state law takes over–fast. If ...

What is a probate attorney? Probate can feel like stepping into a maze of legal paperwork, court deadlines and emotional decisions, often at one of life’s more difficult moments. Families suddenly ...

Is there a valid reason to deny genetic testing in a case alleging disinheritance, as opposed to a case alleging the right to inherit? Is there such a thing as disinheritance by proof of non-paternity ...

My brother lived in the same state as my parents, in Florida, while I am in New York.” (Photo subject is a model.) - ...