Sometimes, not always, when a person dies — even if they left a will — a legal process called probate ensues. Probate is ...

When someone dies, their home can be frozen in lengthy estate administration. In the most protracted cases, wills are contested, disputes erupt between beneficiaries, or multiple executors struggle to ...

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It’s known as intestate succession, which means you died and didn’t have a will. The law in South Carolina and other states ...

Curtis Legal has announced the appointment of Rhian Rees as the new Head of Probate, bringing her extensive experience to the ...

A new website launched by the county treasurer makes it easier to find your forgotten money from court cases, jail accounts, ...

The probate court case alleges Walshe, who had been disinherited by his father, destroyed the will and took control of his ...

Elder law attorney Harry Margolis explains why beneficiary designations don’t protect assets and where Medicaid estate ...

My sister has written to me, saying she is upset that I had mentioned paying off some of my debts with dad’s inheritance. I don’t know exactly how much my sister, my brother and I are supposedly ...

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According to a news release, former prosecutor and current Trumbull County Court of Common Pleas Magistrate Shelley Pratt is announcing her run as a Republican for Trumbull County Probate Judge. Pratt ...

Council bosses have identified 439 empty properties in Nuneaton and Bedworth they want to get back into use. There are more ...