Before paying for complex avoidance strategies or leaving your family to navigate a mess, find out what probate looks like ...

It’s easy to create a plan to pass financial accounts directly to heirs before you die and avoid the probate process after death. All you have to do is complete a form from your financial institution ...

Before paying for complex avoidance strategies or leaving your family to navigate a mess, find out what probate looks like ...

When planning for the transfer of assets after death, two terms come up often: probate and trust. Probate is the ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Matthew F. Erskine is a trusts and estates attorney. Application for Probate required for the estate of a deceased person prior to ...

The probate process gets a bad reputation, but it’s the reality many families will face, and it’s a process that can function well for some small estates. [Read: How to Prepare to Be an Executor of an ...

Most people have the wrong idea about probate, and don't fear it enough to do something to avoid it My mom died just over a year ago, and I'm still knee-deep in probate. I'm barely average. The ...

Selling an inherited house may face challenges from the probate process, uncertainty about how much to list the home for or ...