Probate is the legal process through which a deceased person's estate is managed and distributed. It involves verifying the validity of their will, cataloguing their assets, appraising property values ...

Q: A woman in hospice care owns only clothes and trinkets as physical property, but she has substantial investments, all of which are either held jointly with rights of survivorship or are payable to ...

Improperly titling assets or naming beneficiaries can lead to delays, misdirected assets and extra costs to your heirs.

When you think about the control of your possessions and assets after your death, you probably think of a Will and probate. A Will is a written, legally enforceable declaration that states how you ...

SYRACUSE, NY - A living trust only protects the assets that are actually transferred into it, and simply signing a ...

Probate is the legal process of administering a Decedent’s Last Will & Testament (“Will”), whereby assets owned by the Decedent at death are distributed pursuant to the terms of their Will, or if ...

We constantly hear from advisors that we should plan our affairs in such a way as to avoid probate. What does the phrase mean and what property is subject to the probate process? What planning is ...

Probate is the process of paying a deceased person’s bills and transferring ownership of that deceased person’s property pursuant to the person’s will or Ohio law as overseen by the local probate ...