by Chesapeake Wills and Trusts | Feb 1, 2021 | Assets, Personal Representative, Probate
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. Well organized the state planning...
by Chesapeake Wills and Trusts | Jan 6, 2021 | Probate
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...
by Chesapeake Wills and Trusts | Jan 3, 2021 | Estate Planning, Probate
Creating a will is incredibly important in Maryland. Common questions we get are, what happens if you die without a will? What are intestate succession laws in Maryland? What are the inheritance laws? First, be sure to check out our in-depth article on the probate...
by Abi | Dec 27, 2020 | Estate Planning, Probate, Wills
A question asked all the time is, “What’s the difference between the Orphans’ Court and the Registrar Wills?” In most jurisdictions within the state of Maryland they’re actually in the same place, sometimes they even use the same office...
by Chesapeake Wills and Trusts | Dec 3, 2020 | Probate
The Maryland Probate process can be confusing and, at times, very complex. Read the article below to get up to speed on what to expect from Maryland Probate Court, the process as a whole, and what your next steps might be. Check out the YouTube video below to learn...
by Greg Jimeno | Aug 13, 2020 | Estate Planning, Executor, Probate
In Maryland, as in many other states, probate refers to the legal proceedings that are initiated to administer a deceased individual’s estate. You could have been named as executor or personal representative of the estate through the decedent’s last will...
