Guardianship and conservatorship proceedings are judicial proceedings in Probate Court, and they are expensive.
Would Khan have wanted his family fighting in probate court over control of his estate?
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The assets passing through probate court are those left in her individual name when she died.
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Pinto-Walsh won the court hearing and the Judge ruled the case will be decided in probate court, not arbitration.
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This means that the Probate Court will appoint me to represent vulnerable people.
The probate court can determine that someone caused a death even if the person was never charged with a crime.
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While the probate court records themselves have been sealed, the court docket for the estate is still open to the public.
Without it your family may be struggling futilely with a guardianship application in a probate court while a Dec. 31 deadline looms.
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When used properly, they avoid probate court entirely and keep everything private.
For many families, probate court can often be a breeding ground for family fights, and this is especially true when there is no will.
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They usually involve family members fighting in probate court about whether or not the person who died gave them something of monetary or sentimental value.
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To this point, the Judge has allowed Ansari to be in charge of the estate, but her actions are being closely monitored through the probate court process.
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Guardianships and conservatorships require annual reporting to the Probate Court, and sometimes specific Probate Court authority for acts such as terminating medical care or sale of real property.
Good estate planning allows people to maintain control over their assets, receive assistance when needed, avoid probate court after death, and eliminate questions about their true intentions.
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The deadline has long passed for creditors to file claims against Jackson's estate, but Robson is asking the probate court to allow him to file a late creditor's claim.
The details of the allegation are sealed by the Los Angeles probate court where Robson's lawyer filed the claim last week, according to a court document obtained Tuesday by CNN.
He said the documents, compiled in the course of the lawsuit and sealed by a probate court judge in 2009, contain information about the Legion that isn't known by the public.
The probate court documents, reviewed by The Associated Press on Wednesday, shed no light on the circumstances of Khan's death, but they do add a layer of drama to an already baffling case.
If the custodial parent does not provide the non-custodial parent with Form 8332 or its equivalent, the non-custodial parent is not entitled to the dependency exemption, regardless of what the probate court says.
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The point of that example is that if a custodial parent refuses to execute Form 8332 in defiance of a probate court order, the noncustodial parent is still out of luck as far as the IRS and the Tax Court are concerned.
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Given the questions surrounding the validity of the letter, and the fact that a spouse normally has first priority to be named as executor in the absence of a valid will, it may take some time until a person is put in charge of her estate through probate court.
Accordingly, we remand this matter to the Probate and Family Court, where the judge shall consider issuing an order that the wife execute a written declaration releasing her claim to the dependency deductions.
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Last week, the two sides were in court arguing over whether the probate proceeding should be held in open court, or in a private arbitration proceeding.
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In the lawsuit, filed in December in the probate division of Superior Court in Washington, the heirs also contend they lost access to Chevy Chase's private banking services when the company's affiliated thrift was sold three years ago, leaving the trust company standing on its own.
Moreover, insurance policies and IRAs made payable to specific beneficiaries (as opposed to your estate) and bank or investment accounts made payable on death aren't part of your court administered "probate" estate.
This settlement was approved by the probate judge, after a series of court hearings to determine if the settlement was appropriate, in early 2009.
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That theoretically allows your heirs to avoid probate--the process by which a court supervises the distribution of your assets according to the terms of the will.
The first step is to meet with an experienced probate litigation or elder law attorney to see whether court action is needed to protect an elderly loved one from unsafe decisions.
However, if the decedent had a living trust and all assets had been transferred to the trust prior to death, then probate may be avoided and funds in the living trust may be distributed to the beneficiaries without waiting for court approval.
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