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Includes: Estate Administration, Living Wills, Wills

Joy H. Fisher

Accident & Injury, Divorce & Family Law, Estate, Juvenile Law
Status:  In Good Standing           Licensed:  42 Years

John Chase Wilson

Wills & Probate, Employment, Family Law, Identity Theft
Status:  In Good Standing           Licensed:  14 Years

Emmett P. Johnson

Wills & Probate, Divorce, DUI-DWI, Accident & Injury
Status:  Inactive           Licensed:  61 Years

Malcolm F. Bryant

Real Estate, Estate, Divorce & Family Law, Accident & Injury
Status:  In Good Standing           Licensed:  52 Years

Massie H. Mcintyre

Real Estate, Government, Estate, Business
Status:  In Good Standing           Licensed:  42 Years

Mark William Straughan

Real Estate, Government, Estate, Divorce & Family Law
Status:  In Good Standing           Licensed:  42 Years

E. Laurel Straughan

Real Estate, Estate, Divorce & Family Law, Business
Status:  In Good Standing           Licensed:  41 Years

William T. Straughan

Real Estate, Government, Estate, Divorce & Family Law
Status:  Retired           Licensed:  57 Years

Mitchell Mckinley Shook

Accident & Injury, Immigration, Estate, Criminal
Status:  In Good Standing           Licensed:  32 Years

Karin Devae Vinson

Lawsuit & Dispute, Estate, Family Law, Divorce & Family Law
Status:  In Good Standing           Licensed:  10 Years

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LEGAL TERMS

UNIFORM TRANSFER-ON-DEATH SECURITY ACT

A statute that allows people to name a beneficiary to inherit stocks or bonds without probate. The owner of the securities can register them with a broker using... (more...)
A statute that allows people to name a beneficiary to inherit stocks or bonds without probate. The owner of the securities can register them with a broker using a simple form that names a person to receive the property after the owner's death. Every state but Texas has adopted the statute.

GRANTOR

Someone who creates a trust. Also called a trustor or settlor.

ADMINISTRATRIX

An outdated term for a female administrator -- the person appointed by a court to handle probate on behalf of someone who died without a will. Now, whether male... (more...)
An outdated term for a female administrator -- the person appointed by a court to handle probate on behalf of someone who died without a will. Now, whether male or female, this person is called the administrator.

PREDECEASED SPOUSE

In the law of wills, a spouse who dies before the will maker while still married to him or her.

ABATEMENT

A reduction. After a death, abatement occurs if the deceased person didn't leave enough property to fulfill all the bequests made in the will and meet other exp... (more...)
A reduction. After a death, abatement occurs if the deceased person didn't leave enough property to fulfill all the bequests made in the will and meet other expenses. Gifts left in the will are cut back in order to pay taxes, satisfy debts or take care of other gifts that are given priority under law or by the will itself.

BEQUEATH

A legal term sometimes used in wills that means 'leave' -- for example, 'I bequeath my garden tools to my brother-in-law, Buster Jenkins.'

KINDRED

Under some state's probate codes, all relatives of a deceased person.

TESTAMENTARY TRUST

A trust created by a will, effective only upon the death of the willmaker.

EMPLOYEE RETIREMENT INCOME SECURITY ACT OF 1974 (ERISA)

A federal law passed to protect pension rights. ERISA: sets minimum standards for pension plans, guaranteeing that pension rights cannot be unfairly denied to o... (more...)
A federal law passed to protect pension rights. ERISA: sets minimum standards for pension plans, guaranteeing that pension rights cannot be unfairly denied to or taken from a worker provides some protection for workers in the event certain types of pension plans cannot pay the benefits to which workers are entitled, and requires that employers provide full and clear information about employees' pension rights, including the way pension benefits accumulate, how the company invests pension funds, and when and how pension benefits can be collected.

SAMPLE LEGAL CASES

Morrison v. Morrison

... Gardner, III, Tucker, for Appellee. BENHAM, Justice. This is an appeal from a judgment rejecting caveats to a will and admitting the will to probate. Following the death in 2004 of W. Lee Morrison, Jr. (hereinafter, Testator), his 1998 ...

Dorsey v. Kennedy

... died on August 21, 2006, after a long battle with dementia. Dorothy B. Dorsey submitted a July 29, 1999 document purporting to be Kennedy's last will and testament for probate by the Gwinnett County Probate Court, and Kennedy's son and stepson filed caveats. ...

Sharpton v. Hall

... or guardianship. The probate court did not abuse its discretion in interpreting the statute and granting limited access to the records at issue here. We therefore affirm. Stan L. Hall, as administrator of the estate of Raymond Sharpton ...