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First and foremost, the Fiduciaries of all of your Estate Planning documents (i.e., your Agent under your Power of Attorney, your Surrogate under your Living Will, your Trustee under your Trust, and your Executor under your Will) should possess the primary traits of being able and willing.   Without these two critically vital qualities, you risk the effectiveness of that particular Estate Planning document at the worst time - the time it is... Read More

Probate is the procedure for beginning an Estate Administration.  The Probate process itself is a relatively simple procedure, but it is merely the beginning of the Estate Administration process, which involves settling a decedent's affairs, and can involve many, many other steps, depending on the Probate Estate.  If a Will exists, it is formally accepted for Probate and Letters Testamentary are issued to the Executor named in the Will.  If no Will exists, or no... Read More