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        • Inheritance Rights of Stepchildren
        • Executors and Breach of Fiduciary Duty
      • October
        • Importance of a Will When Disinheriting Children
        • What if an Heir Cannot Be Located?
      • September
        • Should You Tell Your Children About Their Inheritance?
        • Inherited Retirement Accounts 101
      • August
        • Common Mistakes Made by Executors
        • How a Living Trust Avoids Probate
      • July
        • Why We Put Off Estate Planning
        • Estate Planning After a Grey Divorce
      • June
        • For the Blended Family, Estate Planning is Tricky
        • Should Executors Hire Probate Attorneys?
      • May
        • Why Medicaid Planning is a Must
        • Shielding Your Assets From Lawsuits
        • What Probate Has to Do With You
      • April
        • Why Do People Avoid Probate?
        • Advantages of Probate Administration
      • March
        • Same-Sex Couples & Planning for the Future
        • Estate Planning for Your Blended Family
      • February
        • Mistakes Made By Personal Representatives
        • Estate Planning: Protecting Digital Assets
      • January
        • Estate Planning for Singles
        • Reasons to Consider a Pour-Over Will
    • 2013
      • December
        • When a Will Won't Work
        • Who Can be the Trustee in Your Living Trust?
        • Retirement Accounts and Estate Plans
        • Important Things to Know About Living Trusts
        • When a Living Trust Is Not Necessary
        • Do You Want to Contest a Will?
      • November
        • Divorce and Your Will
        • All About Bequests
        • Special Needs Trusts
        • Should You Refuse an Inheritance?
        • Who Is Included in the Phrase "My Children"?
        • Dealing with Debts After Death
        • What Is a Spendthrift Trust?
        • What Is Undue Influence over Making a Will?
      • October
        • Understanding Holographic Wills
        • What is a Life Estate?
        • Do You Have What It Takes to Be an Executor?
        • Staggering Inheritances in Estate Planning
        • What is a Self-Proving Will?
        • Three Tactics to Transfer Your Family Business
        • When a Court Will Choose the Executor for You, Whether Or Not You Have a Will
        • Why College Students Should Have an Estate Plan
      • September
        • Durable Financial Power of Attorney
        • Estate Planning for Veterans
        • Have You Thought About Your Digital Assets?
        • Estate Planning and Joint Accounts
        • Charitable Trusts and Your Estate Plan
        • You Already Have an Estate Plan (and You May Not Like It!)
      • August
        • Swearing in Your Personal Representative in Probate
        • How to Pass Down an Inheritance to Young Children
        • Understanding Living Trusts
        • Making Estate Planning Easier
        • A Durable Power of an Attorney Taking Over a Parent's Finances
        • What a Will Cannot Do for You
        • Can an Estate Administrator Be Held Liable for Errors With an Estate?
      • July
        • Late-in-Life Marriage, Reviewing Your Estate Plan
        • Estate Planning and Your Pets
        • Joint Tenants With a Right of Survivorship Titles and Inheritance
        • How to Revoke a Will
      • June
        • Estate Planning: Writing that Necessary Letter to Your Ex
        • The Five Estate Planning Documents You Need
        • Power of Attorneys for Health Care
        • Gifting to your Grandchildren: What You Need to Know
        • Paying Off the Debt of the Deceased
        • Estate Planning for Unmarried Couples
        • Estate Planning: The Role of the Executor
      • May
        • Probate 101
        • FAQ About Avoiding Probate
        • What Will Happen to Your Debt After Death?
        • Planning Ahead for Your Disability
        • What Happens if I Don't Create a Will Before I Die?
        • Does Your State have an Estate Tax or Inheritance Tax for 2013?
        • Keeping Your Estate Plan Out of Prying Eyes
        • Virginia Considers New Law Regarding Federal Insurance Beneficiaries
      • April
        • A Few Tips to Consider About Estate Planning and Your Finances
        • 10 Things to Do This Year for Probate
        • The Implications of Disinheriting a Child
        • Google Adds Digital Estate Planning Option for Users
        • Parental Estate Planning Tips
        • How Joint Tenancy Changes the Probate Process
        • Estate Planning in a Digital World
        • Passwords, Secrets, Codes, and Other Important Information
      • March
        • Adjusting Your Estate Plan after a Divorce
        • All About POLST Forms
        • Why New Estate Tax Laws Can be a Benefit to You
        • Beastie Boys' Adam Yauch's Will May Now Be Valid
        • Talking with Your Parents About Estate Planning
        • What to Do with Inherited IRA
        • Welcome to the all new Probate.com
        • Leaving Assets to Your Adult Children
        • The Tangled Web After a Spouses Death
      • February
        • The Future of Your Facebook
        • The Many Choices Regarding Irrevocable Trusts
        • What is a Generation-Skipping Trust?
        • Estate Planning: The Cinderella Story
        • Are Prepaid Funerals a Good Idea?
        • Leaving Your Assets to Minor Children
        • Can a Living Trust Replace a Will?
      • January
        • Estate Planning and Your Travel Plans
        • Long Term Care Planning
        • Essential Legal Documents for Estate Planning
        • When to Tell Your Children About Their Inheritance
        • Keeping Faith and Values in Your Estate Planning
        • Common Myths of Estate Planning
        • The Importance of Estate Planning for Same-Sex Couples
        • Are All Assets Subject to Probate?
    • 2011
      • December
        • What is Estate Administration?
        • Will FAQ
        • Looking Out For Your Family: Roth IRA & Probate
        • Creating a Trust: Is it Necessary?
        • The Truth About Estate Tax & How to Avoid It
      • October
        • Understanding Wills & Trusts
        • Explaining Probate Law and How it Affects You
        • Trust a Probate Attorney, Not the Courts!
        • Avoiding Probate: Being Proactive in Estate Planning
        • The Importance and Dangers of Appointing a Power of Attorney
        • How Do Missing Heirs Affect a Probate Case?
      • November
        • The Probate Case of Anna Nicole Smith vs. E. Pierce Marshall
    • 2012
      • December
        • Estate Planning For Younger Families
      • November
        • Inheriting Debt: What to Do
      • October
        • Learning from the Stars: Celebrity Estate Planning Mistakes
        • How to Create a Health Care Proxy
        • Can you Terminate a Trust Fund?
        • Planning for your Business Exit in Today's Market
        • What is a Psychiatric Advance Directive?
        • Make a Plan for your Prized Collection
        • Estate Planning and Blended Families
        • What is Your Net Worth?
        • How to Set up a Tax ID for your Estate
        • Corporate Trustees: What are They and Should you Get One?
      • September
        • Attempting to Avoid Family Inheritance Spats? Try This!
        • What is an Advanced Directive?
        • Estate Planning and Children's Accounts
        • Ways to Include your Home in Your Estate Plan
        • Should you Prepay your Funeral?
        • How to Contest a Will
        • $1 Million Suit Against Estate Companies Considered Frivolous
      • August
        • The Different Types of Private Trusts
        • Can you Trust your Online Trust?
        • Give Now, Reduce Taxes Later!
        • Is it Smart to Convert to Roth IRA?
        • Probate for Business Owners: Who Will Take Over?
        • The Types of Bequests: Which Apply to Your Will?
        • Lessons to Learn from the Michael Jackson Estate Battle
        • The Rules of IRA Distribution
        • Estate Tax Battle in California Shows the Dangers of Clauses
        • Retirement, Estate Planning, and Marriage After 60
      • July
        • Offshore Asset Protection Trusts
        • Inheriting an Heirloom: How to Take Care of Specific Items in Your Will
        • Trusts, Wills, and Power of Attorneys for your 18-year-old
        • Beneficiary or Benefits? The Special Needs Trust Lets Them Have Both!
        • Dementia and the Future of your Parent's Finances
        • How Does an Advancement Work?
        • Now that You are an Executor: Things you Should Know
        • The Definition of Ademption
        • Intestate Inheritance Rights for Adopted Children
        • Event Check Points that Signal it is Time to Update your Will
      • June
        • The Future of Your Farm: Estate Planning and Agriculture
        • Unsuspecting Heirs: What to Expect
        • Do you Want to Change your Name? How Probate Courts Help!
        • Probate: A Family Affair
        • Inheritance and Taxes: What You Should Know
        • Prolonged Probate Case Obliterates $162 Million
        • Your Online Identity: How to Plan for the Future
        • Can Your Pet Become Your Heir? How to Plan for Your Pet's Future
      • May
        • Finding an Heir
        • Probate Procedure: Fiduciaries and Filing the Final Account
        • Artificial Insemination Twins Won't Get Dad's Inheritance
        • The Many Duties of a Probate Court
        • Probate Court Records: The Way to Find Your Ancestors!
        • The History of Probate in America
        • Why You Shouldn't Hide a Will
      • April
        • Choosing a Personal Guardian
        • Let's Talk About Living Trusts
        • Probate and Charitable Donations
        • Pets and Probate: Boots' Story
      • March
        • Celebrities and Probate: Amy Winehouse's Estate
        • Probate and Mental Health Cases
        • All About Tribal Probate
        • An Alternative to Probate: Death Deed Transfers
        • Whitney Houston's Daughter Inherits All
      • February
        • Probate Judge and Lawyer? An Alabama Proposal
        • Probate and Your Small Estate
      • January
        • Probate Cases: Last Will and Testament
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