How To Be An Executor - If you're named the executor or personal representative in a will, you'll be the final administrator of a deceased person's estate and have many details to manage. The following estate executor checklist can help you more easily navigate the process while making sure none of …
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Who Gets Copies of the Will After a Death?
Who Gets Copies of the Will After a Death? - Fans of murder mysteries may assume that distributing a will is simple: There is one copy, which the decedent's lawyer keeps on file, and after a death all heirs are brought in to hear the lawyer read the will aloud. As a matter of fact, this hasn't been …
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When Death Do Us Part
When Death Do Us Part - Unlike a unilateral will, a prenup is a bilateral agreement crafted between two people. Ideally, a prenup will be drafted in alignment with the corresponding will. However, in situations in which the two documents are in direct contradiction with one another, courts tend to …
Just What Is a Conservatorship?
Just What Is a Conservatorship? - While Britney Spears' conservatorship case and her multimillion-dollar fortune were extraordinary circumstances, her legal condition is not uncommon: Over 1.3 million U.S. adults are living under guardians or conservators, who control about $50 billion of their …
A Chicago Man Quietly Left Behind $11 Million — The Largest Unclaimed Estate In American History
The Largest Unclaimed Estate In American History - A Gage Park man's $11 million estate will be divided among 119 distant relatives, officials said. GAGE PARK — It turns out it’s not just in the movies that you can get a huge inheritance from that uncle you never knew about. A Gage Park man’s …
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