Burns Wills & Probate Lawyer, Kansas


Includes: Estate Administration, Living Wills, Wills

David C. Burns

Wills & Probate, Civil & Human Rights, Corporate, Banking & Finance
Status:  Retired           

Christopher W. O'Brien

Real Estate, Wills & Probate, Trusts, Bankruptcy
Status:  In Good Standing           Licensed:  49 Years

Edward L Robinson

Wills & Probate, Business, Consumer Bankruptcy, Environmental Law, Mass Torts
Status:  In Good Standing           

Steven D. Gough

Corporate, Wills, Trusts, Estate
Status:  In Good Standing           

Faith A. J. Maughan

Wills, Wills & Probate, Estate, Guardianships & Conservatorships
Status:  In Good Standing           

Richard A. Macias

Wills, Estate Planning, Estate, Civil Rights
Status:  In Good Standing           Licensed:  40 Years

Ann T. Rider

Wills & Probate, Trusts, Estate, Adoption
Status:  In Good Standing           Licensed:  38 Years

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LEGAL TERMS

ACCUMULATION TRUST

A trust in which the income is retained and not paid out to beneficiaries until certain conditions are met. For example, if Uncle Pierre creates a trust for Nic... (more...)
A trust in which the income is retained and not paid out to beneficiaries until certain conditions are met. For example, if Uncle Pierre creates a trust for Nick's benefit but stipulates that Nick will not get a penny until he gets a Ph.D. in French; Nick is the beneficiary of an accumulation trust.

LAPSE

Under a will, the failure of a gift of property. A gift lapses when the beneficiary dies before the person who made the will, and no alternate has been named. S... (more...)
Under a will, the failure of a gift of property. A gift lapses when the beneficiary dies before the person who made the will, and no alternate has been named. Some states have anti-lapse statutes, which prevent gifts to relatives of the deceased person from lapsing unless the relative has no heirs of his or her own. A lapsed gift becomes part of the residuary estate.

POWER OF APPOINTMENT

The legal authority to decide who will receive someone else's property, usually property held in a trust. Most trustees can distribute the income from a trust o... (more...)
The legal authority to decide who will receive someone else's property, usually property held in a trust. Most trustees can distribute the income from a trust only according to the terms of the trust, but a trustee with a power of appointment can choose the beneficiaries, sometimes from a list of candidates specified by the grantor. For example, Karin creates a trust with power of appointment to benefit either the local art museum, symphony, library or park, depending on the trustee's assessment of need.

BYPASS TRUST

A trust designed to lessen a family's overall estate tax liability. An AB trust is the most popular kind of bypass trust.

GENERATION-SKIPPING TRUST

A trust designed to save on estate tax. The trust principal is preserved for the trust maker's grandchildren, with his or her children receiving only income fro... (more...)
A trust designed to save on estate tax. The trust principal is preserved for the trust maker's grandchildren, with his or her children receiving only income from the trust. Because the children (the middle generation) never legally own the property, it isn't subject to estate tax at their death. See generation-skipping transfer tax.

LIFE BENEFICIARY

A person who receives benefits, under a trust or by will, for his or her lifetime. For an example, see AB trust.

TRUSTEE POWERS

The provisions in a trust document defining what the trustee may and may not do.

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.

DISCHARGE (OF PROBATE ADMINISTRATOR)

A court order releasing the administrator or executor from any further duties connected with the probate of an estate. This typically occurs when the duties hav... (more...)
A court order releasing the administrator or executor from any further duties connected with the probate of an estate. This typically occurs when the duties have been completed but may happen sooner if the executor or administrator wishes to withdraw or is dismissed.

SAMPLE LEGAL CASES

In re Estate of Broderick

... telephone. The court then conducted the trial in her absence and admitted the will to probate. ... disabled. Gene Ludwig then filed a petition for the admission of Broderick's will to probate and requested that he be named executor of her estate. ...

In re Estate of Hjersted

... trustee. The same day, he executed his "Last Will and Testament." The will "poured over" probate assets into the trust. ... seq. Thereafter, the district court admitted Norman's will into probate and appointed Lawrence executor of the estate. ...

In re Jones

... This disciplinary case arose out of the respondent's conduct as the administrator of a probate estate. The estate was opened in 1998. ... "5. Peter Regan retained Michael Jones to probate his cousin's estate and paid $500 in attorneys fees. ...