Learn how probate validates a will, pays debts, and distributes assets to heirs. State intestacy laws apply when there is no ...

SUPERIOR COURT OF Washington for Spokane County No. 25-4-02522-32 Estate of Robert M Heinemann, PLEASE TAKE NOTICE The personal representative named below has been appointed as personal representative ...

You’ve been helping your widowed mom handle her bills and finances. She dies. You want to be efficient, so you go ahead and pay her credit card bills as usual. Was that a good idea? No, it was not.

In Castaneda v. Chapa, the executrix of an estate sued regarding the decedent changing account designations and a deed to real estate. No.13-22-00537-CV2024 Tex. App. LEXIS 3376 (Tex. App.—Corpus ...

The claims system used in Texas probates is designed to build an almost impenetrable defense for the probate estate assets against creditors. Courtesy / Getty Images/iStockphoto Had Sun Tzu been a ...

In Hawes v. Peden, a client sued a deceased attorney’s estate and her law firm in district court due to the attorney failing to finish the representation before her death. No. 06-19-00053-CV, 2019 Tex ...

The United States Supreme Court is about to decide an infamous probate dispute, even though probate cases generally are not heard in the federal court system. In fact, under the “probate exception” to ...

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