Overturning Humphrey’s Executor would gut independent agencies. The Supreme Court still has a principled way out.

Probate of wills is no longer mandatory in Mumbai, Chennai and Kolkata after Parliament amended Section 213 of the Indian ...

For an estate plan to be complete and successful, vital information must be provided to the people who will implement it.

Indian government scraps mandatory probate for wills in Mumbai, Chennai, Kolkata, aiming to simplify asset inheritance.

At the time, the attorney said all beneficiaries needed to wait eight months before the proceeds of the sale would be ...

A judge in Broward’s probate division describes new rules that make it easier to handle loved ones’ estates without hiring lawyers.

Probate is a court certification that establishes a Will as genuine and legally authorises executor to administer deceased’s ...

The most popular columns, collectively clocking up millions of readers, dealt with family drama rather than political or economic intrigue. Bad executors, greedy friends, bad estate planning, elder ...

My wife and I are on the brink of exchanging contracts on a new house. Everything had basically been signed, bar one last ...

Executors across the United States regularly discover that managing a parent’s estate creates emotional crosscurrents that ...

The complex legal process of probate is the subject of a newly released article, “Navigating the Orlando Probate Process: What Every Executor Needs to Know“, featuring insights from Tom Moss, an ...

When someone dies without a will and leaves behind debt, the decision to administer the estate can carry real financial risk.