A probate judge is an official of the county court system and a judicial official of the state who decides civil court cases that involve the probate process. Probate is the process of proving wills ...

Managing and securing your estate is one of the most important steps in personal finance. An estate plan ensures your assets get distributed according to your wishes. In addition to mitigating ...

My husband does not have a living trust, nor am I on his bank accounts as a beneficiary. I’m also not on the title of our ...

Estate planning may not be as fun as carving pumpkins or picking out costumes, but it's one of the kindest gifts you can ...

Julia Kagan is a financial/consumer journalist and former senior editor, personal finance, of Investopedia. Ebony Howard is a certified public accountant and a QuickBooks ProAdvisor tax expert. She ...

As of April 30, 2019, there have been 258,537 individual bankruptcy filings nationwide with Chapter 7 and Chapter 13 cases representing 98% of all cases filed. Inevitably, at least one or more debtors ...

The probate process gets a bad reputation, but it's the reality many families will face, and it's a process that can function well for some small estates. Probate is the court-supervised proceeding in ...

Probate manages distribution of a deceased's estate; it can be streamlined by a will. Certain assets like life insurance and jointly-owned property bypass probate automatically. Creating a living ...

Farmer’s suit was filed this month in U.S. District Court against his brother, James Farmer, along with Oconee County Probate ...

If you’re named as an executor in a loved one’s will, you’ll be responsible for sorting out their affairs and sharing out their assets. This process is known as estate administration. This generally ...