Estate Planning with Digital Assets In today’s online and social media age, have you ever considered what would happen to your Facebook, Twitter or other online profiles and accounts if you died or became incapacitated? Who would be able to access your bank accounts? Would your probate Executor or Power of Attorney Agent be granted...
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In Estate Administration, Heirship, Probate What Does A Texas Independent Executor or Administrator Do?
When you are named as an Independent Executor in a Will or otherwise appointed by a Court to serve as an Independent Administrator of an estate in Texas, you become responsible for the task of administering the decedent’s estate. As Independent Executor or Administrator, you will be locating and valuing the decedent’s assets, preparing the...
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In Estate Administration, Estate Planning, Heirship, Probate Is Probate Necessary?
Clients often ask me whether probate is necessary. Generally speaking, probate is necessary when a person dies and has yet to transfer his property during life or at death through a non-probate vehicle such as a trust, a joint ownership asset with right of survivorship, an account payable on death or by way of direct...
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In Estate Administration, Guardianship, Probate The Fate of Huguette Clark’s Fortune
Adam MartinThe Atlantic Wire • May 24, 2011 Click here to read an interesting article about a copper heiress involving probate, estate administration and guardianship issues. If you would like additional information regarding probate, estate administration and guardianship, visit the website of Houston Probate Attorney, Stephanie Mudgett Boates, houstonprobatecounsel.com
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In Estate Administration Estate Finally Distributed After 92 Years
The Telegraph By Jon Swaine, New York May 12, 2011 An interesting estate case came up in the news today. An American timber and iron tycoon named Wellington Burt just had his $100 million fortune divided after 92 years. Burt died in 1919 and before his death “he ordered that the majority of his fortune...