Monthly Archives: October 2023
Elective Shares and Surviving Spouses in the Probate Process
When you make or create a will or estate plan, you assume it is solid, and that your wishes, as expressed in that plan, will be carried out to the letter. And that is mostly true…except for one area where your will or estate plan can be overridden: the elective share. What is an… Read More »
Collecting a Judgment? Exemptions Can Make it a Difficult Task
If you are collecting a judgment, or someone owes you money and you have a judgment for that money, you may think it’s an easy process to collect what you owe. But if you are going after an “average Joe,” that is, someone who is generally middle class, and may have some but not… Read More »
Property Deeds: They Aren’t All the Same
When you sell or purchase real estate you probably already know that the deed to the property transfers from one person to another and that the deed is recorded in the public records. But a deed is not just a deed; there are actually various kinds of deeds, all which serve a very specific… Read More »
Surveys: Why Do You Even Need Them?
There are a lot of steps to the typical real estate closing. One of those steps is the survey. This sounds like a useless requirement. After all, property lines should be well established, and it doesn’t look like anybody’s stuff is going onto anybody else’s property. There doesn’t appear to be any fighting over… Read More »
