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Becky L. Martin

Wills & Probate, Trusts, Divorce & Family Law, Business
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Cathy Ann Wagner

Wills & Probate, Trusts, Divorce & Family Law, Business
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Lori Skibbie

Estate Administration, Estate Planning, Guardianships & Conservatorships, Elder Law
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Brittany Dooley-White

General Practice
Status:  In Good Standing           Licensed:  13 Years

Christopher Rowland Evans

General Practice
Status:  In Good Standing           Licensed:  11 Years

David M. Cox

Landlord-Tenant, Wills & Probate, Divorce, DUI-DWI, Corporate
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David Mckeag Cox

General Practice
Status:  In Good Standing           Licensed:  20 Years

Ethne Hedren

General Practice
Status:  In Good Standing           Licensed:  21 Years

James William Hess

Business, Real Estate, Wills & Probate, Estate
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Jayme Marie Kruse

Other, Wills, Wills & Probate, Estate
Status:  In Good Standing           Licensed:  11 Years

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LEGAL TERMS

SELF-PROVING WILL

A will that is created in a way that allows a probate court to easily accept it as the true will of the person who has died. In most states, a will is self-prov... (more...)
A will that is created in a way that allows a probate court to easily accept it as the true will of the person who has died. In most states, a will is self-proving when two witnesses sign under penalty of perjury that they observed the willmaker sign it and that he told them it was his will. If no one contests the validity of the will, the probate court will accept the will without hearing the testimony of the witnesses or other evidence. To make a self-proving will in other states, the willmaker and one or more witnesses must sign an affidavit (sworn statement) before a notary public certifying that the will is genuine and that all willmaking formalities have been observed.

TRUST CORPUS

Latin for 'the body' of the trust. This term refers to all the property transferred to a trust. For example, if a trust is established (funded) with $250,000, t... (more...)
Latin for 'the body' of the trust. This term refers to all the property transferred to a trust. For example, if a trust is established (funded) with $250,000, that money is the corpus. Sometimes the trust corpus is known as the 'res,' a Latin word meaning 'thing.'

PUBLIC ADMINISTRATOR

Someone appointed by a probate court to oversee probate proceedings when a person dies without a will or heirs, and his or her property is expected to pass to t... (more...)
Someone appointed by a probate court to oversee probate proceedings when a person dies without a will or heirs, and his or her property is expected to pass to the state. Some states have public administrators who are responsible for temporarily preserving the assets of an estate if there are disputes about specific provisions in the will or about who will be appointed the regular administrator.

TAKING AGAINST THE WILL

A procedure under state law that gives a surviving spouse the right to demand a certain share (usually one-third to one-half) of the deceased spouse's property.... (more...)
A procedure under state law that gives a surviving spouse the right to demand a certain share (usually one-third to one-half) of the deceased spouse's property. The surviving spouse can take that share instead of accepting whatever he or she inherited through the deceased spouse's will. If the surviving spouse decides to take the statutory share, it's called 'taking against the will.' Dower and curtesy is another name for the same legal process.

PROBATE COURT

A specialized court or division of a state trial court that considers only cases concerning the distribution of deceased persons' estate. Called 'surrogate cour... (more...)
A specialized court or division of a state trial court that considers only cases concerning the distribution of deceased persons' estate. Called 'surrogate court' in New York and several other states, this court normally examines the authenticity of a will -- or if a person dies intestate, figures out who receives her property under state law. It then oversees a procedure to pay the deceased person's debts and to distribute her assets to the proper inheritors. See probate.

QDOT TRUST

A trust used to postpone estate tax when more than the amount of the personal federal estate tax exemption is left to a non-U.S. citizen spouse by the other spo... (more...)
A trust used to postpone estate tax when more than the amount of the personal federal estate tax exemption is left to a non-U.S. citizen spouse by the other spouse. QDOT stands for qualified domestic trust.

HEIR AT LAW

A person entitled to inherit property under intestate succession laws.

ANCILLARY PROBATE

A probate proceeding conducted in a different state from the one the deceased person resided in at the time of death. Usually, ancillary probate proceedings are... (more...)
A probate proceeding conducted in a different state from the one the deceased person resided in at the time of death. Usually, ancillary probate proceedings are necessary if the deceased person owned real estate in another state.

INHERIT

To receive property from someone who has died. Traditionally, the word 'inherit' applied only when one received property from a relative who died without a will... (more...)
To receive property from someone who has died. Traditionally, the word 'inherit' applied only when one received property from a relative who died without a will. Currently, however, the word is used whenever someone receives property from the estate of a deceased person.

SAMPLE LEGAL CASES

SOMSEN, MUELLER v. Estates of Olsen

... The decedents' personal representative hired respondent Somsen, Mueller, Lowther & Franta PA (the law firm) to probate the decedents' estates. ... But the probate code treats secured claims differently from unsecured claims. See Minn. Stat. ...

In re Beachside I Homeowners Ass'n

... FACTS. On May 28, 1991, Florence Schafer registered a certificate of title to Torrens property located on Beachside Drive in Minnetonka (the property). She died intestate on December 9, 2001, and probate proceedings were never initiated. ...

Botler v. Wagner Greenhouses

... the insurer or self-insured employer is obligated under the Workers' Compensation Act to pay (a) "reasonable compensation to an individual or corporate fiduciary for providing guardianship or conservatorship services" and (b) "the costs of an annual accounting to Probate Court ...