Christy Bieber has a JD from UCLA School of Law and began her career as a college instructor and textbook author. She has been writing full time for over a decade with a focus on making financial and ...

Estate Planning Attorney Jim Alder founder of Alder Law Group, P.C. in Salt Lake City, Utah explains that wills may be ...

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A handful of states allow a person to probate a will (and challengers to contest the validity of a will) before the testator (the person enacting the will) dies. In recent years, there’s been a trend ...

The death of a loved one is a traumatic event that most of us will experience during our lives. After the grieving has taken place, the next question that may arise concerns whether the decedent ...

When conflict arises in the settling of an estate – especially a high-net-worth estate – the parties involved may look to the courts to help resolve the dispute. Litigation is one way to settle ...

For many families, the administration of a decedent's estate proceeds quietly and efficiently. Assets are gathered, debts are paid and property is distributed according to a Last Will and Testament or ...

Anatomy of a Probate Contest, Part 1: Planning to Avoid a Contest In this Trusts and Estates Law column, C. Raymond Radigan and Lois Bladykas present the first in a series of articles concerning ...

'He did not intend to leave anything to his sister, his only living relative' "He had told my husband and me that he did not intend to leave anything to his sister, his only living relative." (Photo ...