5 Common Myths About Wills and Probate
Most of us don’t know a lot about the law of wills, trusts, or probate–after all, they’re topics none of us really want to deal… Read More »5 Common Myths About Wills and Probate
Most of us don’t know a lot about the law of wills, trusts, or probate–after all, they’re topics none of us really want to deal… Read More »5 Common Myths About Wills and Probate
There is nothing worse than dealing with the emotions of a major health event or other major crisis and not having a plan in place. It is best to know the loved one’s wishes to ease the burden of the decision-making process.
If you’re taking over as trustee of a deceased person’s living trust, you are not expected to get to work the day your loved one dies. Luckily, most trust and estate tasks are not emergencies and can wait a while so that family members can grieve and make decisions about things like memorial services. But within a month or so, you need to begin to collect information, bills, and documents and to organize a filing system, so that you can ultimately hand over property to the trust beneficiaries.
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