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If someone you love has passed away and left a will behind that you believe has been tampered with or doesn’t represent your loved one’s wishes, then you may be in a position where you’re considering contesting the will. A will contest is serious, because it asserts...
Creating a trust is an increasingly popular estate planning solution. It gives the testator more long-term control over what happens with their property and reduces the likelihood of a probate court challenge. A trust can also protect your property again creditor...
One problem that can sometimes arise during probate is that the estate executor decides that they're going to remove assets from the deceased person's home. This can be in direct violation of the estate plan and may violate the rights of the beneficiaries. After all,...
As your health declines, you know you need to get your estate planning in order. You decide to write down who you want to get which assets and things of this nature. Essentially, you're making a will, but you want to just write it out by hand, on your own schedule....
Let’s get this out of the way: estate planning is not for the rich and famous. In fact, pretty much everyone has some form of an estate. Your estate refers to everything you own: Your home, your car, life’s savings, retirement accounts and personal possessions....
Agreeing to serve as the executor of someone's estate comes with a lot of responsibility. You will have to manage everything from securing the property to hearings in probate court. Not only do you have to settle the decedent's accounts, but you also have to hand out...
Wills allow people to determine the distribution of their property upon their death. However, some individuals pass away before they have the opportunity to create one. When this happens, the court distributes the deceased’s assets according to the law. Tennessee’s...
Many Tennessee residents take the important and wise step of appointing power of attorney agents as part of their estate plan. Hopefully, if a loved one appointed you to this role, you and the person were able to discuss what this would entail. If not, you do not have...
Maybe you’ve always been a private person -- maybe not. One thing is for certain, however: All the privacy you have pretty much goes out the window once you pass away, and your will gets filed with the local probate court. At that point, your will is a matter of...
=When doing your estate planning, you may want to add some of your digital assets. Maybe you have built up collections of movies, video games, music and books. These are all in digital format, but you think of it the same way as hard copies. You paid a lot for all of...