Wills, Trusts and Probate Law

Probate attorneys handling wills, trusts, and estate administration must typically advise their clients on matters such as beneficiary designation, how to form a life estate in property, what will happen to property if your client fails to make an estate plan, and more. FindLaw’s Corporate Counsel Center Law Library has law articles written to help you better understand specific estate planning techniques and when to consider forming a trust on your client’s behalf. If your client needs a living will or an advance health care directive, click on the articles below to help inform your research and learn the requirements of each state, such as the number of witnesses necessary and who can be designated as a health care surrogate.

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Wills, Trusts and Probate Law Articles

Probate in Georgia: Take it or Leave it?

Probate is the process by which an individual's Last Will and Testament is "proved" to be valid, the creditors are paid, and the assets are distributed to the heirs as designated in the Will. To be valid, the Will must be properly drafted and must ...
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Probate of Estates

The probate of an estate refers to the process by which a person's assets are distributed after his death. The elder law attorney often administers an estate by preparing probate documents, probate forms, tax returns, an inventory of estate assets ...
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Probate Property and Non-Probate Property

Probate property is controlled by your will. Non- probate property is not controlled by your will. Therefore, unless you coordinate the ownership of your property with the provisions of your will, your will may not work the way you intended. is the ...
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Probate: Some Information You Should Know

B> Probate, what does it mean? Probate is a legal proceeding where a judge will oversee the process of gathering the decedent's assets for the purpose of paying taxes, creditors, expenses and ultimately distributing the remaining assets to the ...
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Protecting Your Vacation Home from the Grim Reaper

A common estate planning question that needs to be resolved is "who gets the vacation home?" The answer to this question should take into account the economic, managerial, and psychological issues inherent in this type of asset. For example, will ...
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Qualified Personal Residence Trusts: Questions and Answers

A.A Qualified Personal Residence Trust (commonly called a "QPRT") is sometimes called a way in which you may give your home away and live in it too. In reality, it is a way of transferring your home to another party (usually children) at a reduced ...
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Questions and Answers Regarding Estate Plans

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Questions You Should Ask About Your Investments

That's the best advice we can give you about how to invest wisely. We see too many investors who might have avoided trouble and losses if they had asked basic questions from the start. It doesn't matter if you are a beginner or have been investing ...
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Real Estate Development and Finance at T&R

Combining a highly sophisticated real estate practice with individualized client attention, Tydings & Rosenberg LLP's real estate department offers a full range of services in a boutique atmosphere: contract, lease and partnership workoutsFrom our ...
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Recent Developments

Revenue Procedure 2000-34, effective August 21, 2000. Donor filed a gift tax return but failed to adequately disclose the gift, so the limitation period on assessment did not begin to run. This procedure sets forth the steps such a donor can take ...
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