When someone dies, others may be called on to manage their estate. An executor is charged with overseeing the distribution of someone’s assets according to the will or state inheritance laws if they ...

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

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 ...

Although courts initially exhibited some hostility to in terrorem clauses, such clauses are now enforceable to some extent, by statute or case law, in almost every US state. The extent to which states ...

Learn how probate validates a will, settles debts, and distributes assets to heirs under court supervision. and how state intestacy laws work when there's no will.

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 ...