When planning for the transfer of assets after death, two terms come up often: probate and trust. Probate is the court-supervised process of validating a will, paying debts and distributing assets to ...

Before paying for complex avoidance strategies or leaving your family to navigate a mess, find out what probate looks like ...

Probate is the process of proving a will and settling an estate after an individual (decedent) dies. The cost of probate depends on several factors. One of the most significant is the state in which ...

A new law lets Delaware homeowners pass property to heirs without probate, helping avoid tangled titles and costly legal ...

Before paying for complex avoidance strategies or leaving your family to navigate a mess, find out what probate looks like ...

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 ...

Death is taboo for many Americans, but a lack of planning can cost families time and money in probate. InvestigateTV+ explains why.

Some of the most valuable documents for genealogy are wills and the documents related to the legal process of administering a person's property after their death. This process is called probate. If ...

Most people have the wrong idea about probate, and don't fear it enough to do something to avoid it My mom died just over a year ago, and I'm still knee-deep in probate. I'm barely average. The ...