As your parents age, the possibility of needing nursing home care can arise. While nursing homes provide essential support and services, a sad reality too often occurs in these facilities — financial exploitation of residents. This can be a devastating blow to a...
The personal representative of a Georgia estate has numerous responsibilities. They need to attend probate hearings and locate estate planning paperwork. They send notice to creditors, file tax returns and secure the assets that belonged to the decedent. Eventually,...
Sometimes, older adults reach a point where they can no longer act in their own best interests. Issues with their cognition or overall health prevent them from attending medical appointments, managing their household and even meeting their own basic daily needs. Even...
The beneficiaries of an estate rely on the executor or personal representative to properly handle assets and distribute them according to someone's wishes. Typically, that is exactly what happens during the probate process. Someone who accepts responsibility for...
Many probate hearings are technicalities. The personal representative or executor of an estate will attend a hearing with their lawyer and present certain documentation to the courts. The end of the probate process will typically occur after all estate administration...
When someone passes away, the estate administration and probate process is where their assets get divided among their heirs. Ideally, this person will have created a will or an even more complex estate plan to demonstrate how this has to happen. They can give...
There are a lot of legal and practical obligations that arise when someone dies. The family will need to locate their estate plan and secure their assets. There will need to be a representative who handles the estate, and they will need to attend hearings in the...
Serving as the personal representative of someone's estate is often a thankless job. While it is common for testators to allocate small amounts of compensation for the person who will handle their estates, that payment often pails in comparison to the work involved....
Will contests are relatively rare, but they are an important form of protection for both vulnerable adults and their beneficiaries. Most estates go through probate with a few complications. The testator's documents leave adequate instruction, or the division of...
Beneficiary disputes can arise for many reasons, one of which is if the estate executor doesn't properly handle the tasks and duties that are presented to them. The beneficiaries may feel that the process is unfair or even illegal, and this can lead to a dispute...