What Steps Should I Take to Avoid Probate in Maryland?
Probate requirements date back to ancient property laws, designed to ensure that when someone passes away, their debts get paid properly and the right people receive the assets in the deceased person’s estate. However, fulfilling all those requirements takes many...
What Steps Should I Take to Avoid Probate in Maryland?
Probate requirements date back to ancient property laws, designed to ensure that when someone passes away, their debts get paid properly and the right people receive the assets in the deceased person’s estate. However, fulfilling all those requirements takes many...
I’m the Personal Representative for Probate. How Do I Find The Assets?
When you become the personal representative of an estate, one of your functions is to locate the assets of the decedent. If the decedent was well organized and had an estate planning binder, that’s the first place to start. A well organized estate planning binder will...
Probate Process in Maryland: Everything You Need to Know, Explained by an Estate Attorney
The Maryland Probate Process: What Is It? Probate is the court-supervised process of identifying the assets, debts, and beneficiaries of the person who passed away (the “decedent”). If the decedent had a will, the will tells us how to ultimately distribute their...