When creating an estate plan, it is important to consider who will be in charge of certain affairs. Different people may be appointed to different roles, and it is important to understand the duties each person will have. Estate planning early may help prevent the...
Closing a loved one’s estate in Tennessee takes a lot of time and hard work. As a result, individuals who handle the probate process as the executors of the estates often receive compensation for their time and effort. How much they receive and when depends on...
People often need a plan to reach certain goals. However, some Tennessee residents may not realize that their estate plans could help them achieve a variety of goals. Certainly, these plans can help with asset distribution, but they can also help in many other ways....
Having the responsibility of seeing a loved one’s estate through to closure is not easy. Executors have a considerable number of obligations to attend to during probate, and it is of the utmost importance that they address each of those obligations correctly....
Did you remarry and do you have children from a previous marriage? If you don’t have a will, your children from the previous marriage can go through probate after you die to assert certain inheritance rights. However, under state intestacy laws, your current...
