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We specialize in legal consulting on inheritance, gifts, business succession,
and other related matters, including estate planning.
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Probate means a legal process to manage and distribute estate that will be bequeathed to heirs after the grantor’s death. Probate is processed through a court, and its steps consist of checking the validity of a will, valuation of estate, debt repayment, tax payment, etc.
TYPES OF PROBATES
Probate Litigation
It is litigation related to legal issues and conflicts that can happen in the legal process of managing the grantor’s estate and distributing it to beneficiaries. It includes issues on the validity of a will, estate distribution, and conflict in managing estate.
Trust Litigation
Trust Litigation is litigation related to legal conflicts and issues around a living trust—such as validity of a living trust, disagreement in living trust interpretation, a living trust setup, management, distribution, dissolution, etc. Trust litigation especially requires expertise since it needs in-depth understanding of the process of inheriting estate. It can include various legal issues, including the executor(or the trustee)’s breach of trust.
Affidavit of Small Estate
Affidavit of Small Estate is used to simplify the estate-inheriting process when the grantor’s estate is below a certain amount. Its advantage is simple and efficient management and distribution of estate below a certain amount. Whether this policy can be used differs from each state’s law and regulation.
Spousal Property Petition
Spousal Property Petition is a way for the spouse to inherit the deceased's estate without going through a long probate process when the spouse meets certain conditions. While simplifying an inheritance process, the petition helps the spouse to manage the bequethed estate effectively.
Heggstad Petition
Heggstad Petition is a procedure to transfer assets undistributed through a trust. If the terms to transfer certain assets are unclear, these assets can be included in the trust through this procedure. This procedure allows these assets to be managed and processed through a trust and simplifies the trust’s distribution process.
Petition for Letters of Administration
As a document to submit to a court after one’s death, the Petition for Letters of Administration is necessary when the authenticity of a will cannot be validated. When the document is submitted to the court, the legal process will begin. Through a legal process and proof, a beneficiary will have a legal right to manage and distribute the estate.
Petition for Modification of Irrevocable Trust
In general, an irrevocable trust cannot be changed. However, in a certain situation where a living trust’s terms or conditions need to be corrected, Petition for Modification of Irrevocable Trust can be submitted to a court to change the trust.
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