How to donate your assets to a charitable foundation, including tips on wills, beneficiary forms and avoiding common mistakes ...

In other words, the laws of the state would then decide who is next in line to receive your uncle’s $2 million estate. With ...

This Delaware bill proposes an easier way for homeowners to pass down property, preventing tangled titles and avoiding probate.

Who would have thought that the way beneficiaries are defined in a trust deed and the rights provided to them (or not for that matter) have a bearing on so many things – whether a beneficiary ...

As many SMSFs are looking at reducing their balances to mitigate the effects of Division 296, others are considering ...

Deeds of variation or family arrangement work differently in Ireland and Britain and that can catch some people out ...

A Delaware bill aims to simplify the inheritance process for homeowners with a Transfer on Death deed. These deeds allow real estate property to transfer to named beneficiaries, bypassing probate.

After the death, an ex-girlfriend of Heigis, Frances Emmert, produced a deed to some of his property. The quitclaim deed, signed by Heigis in front of a notary public in 2001, transferred the ...

The Law Office of Whitney L. Thompson is a Houston-based firm focused on estate planning and probate matters. Led by Whitney ...