For many families, the administration of a decedent's estate proceeds quietly and efficiently. Assets are gathered, debts are paid and property is distributed according to a Last Will and Testament or ...

In In re McCown, a county court had a contested probate matter, and a party filed a motion to assign a statutory probate judge and another party filed a motion to transfer the case to a district court ...

At the recent Continuing Legal Education (CLE) meeting of the Bay Ridge Lawyers Association (BRLA), held at Mama Rao’s in Dyker Heights on Jan. 30, members were treated to an enlightening presentation ...

We are increasingly seeing more disputes over the validity of marriages in probate litigation. A recurring fact pattern is that a romantic partner will attempt to orchestrate a marriage to the second ...

Learn about probate court's role in managing estates, settling debts, and distributing assets. Explore the probate process ...

Christy Bieber has a JD from UCLA School of Law and began her career as a college instructor and textbook author. She has been writing full time for over a decade with a focus on making financial and ...

Divorce is, at its core, a legal remedy for a deeply human failure, and its consequences are rarely confined to the parties ...

Anatomy of a Probate Contest, Part 4: Objections to Probate and Discovery in a Probate Proceeding Trusts and Estates Law columnists C. Raymond Radigan and Lois Bladykas discuss the filing of ...

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 ...

The long-time companion of River Oaks attorney John O'Quinn claimed Friday in Harris County probate court that $5 million worth of vintage cars about to be auctioned as part of his estate, actually ...