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George Douglas Manolakas

Trusts, Estate Planning, Estate
Status:  In Good Standing           Licensed:  48 Years

Gerald Hamilton Oldfield

Landlord-Tenant, Trusts, Divorce & Family Law, Accident & Injury
Status:  In Good Standing           Licensed:  36 Years

Diane Sue Messer Dodds

Wills, Trusts, Gift Taxation, Estate Planning
Status:  In Good Standing           Licensed:  49 Years

Mary Jane Mcewan

Other, Real Estate, Trusts, Estate
Status:  In Good Standing           Licensed:  19 Years

Patrick Edward Jennison

Trusts, Estate Planning, Estate, Business
Status:  In Good Standing           Licensed:  47 Years

Guy Joseph Gattuso

Transportation & Shipping, Trusts, Civil Rights
Status:  In Good Standing           Licensed:  41 Years

Larry L Fields

Trusts, Estate
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Christopher Mortland Dietrich

Tax, Trusts, Juvenile Law, Civil Rights
Status:  In Good Standing           Licensed:  39 Years

Timothy David Swanson

Trusts, Family Law, Indians & Native Populations, Elder Law
Status:  In Good Standing           Licensed:  24 Years

Richard G McBurnie

Real Estate, Wills & Probate, Trusts, Business
Status:  In Good Standing           Licensed:  50 Years

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LEGAL TERMS

SWEARING MATCH

A case that turns on the word of one witness versus another. The outcome of a swearing match usually depends on whom the jury finds most trustworthy.

GRANTOR

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

WILL

A document in which you specify what is to be done with your property when you die and name your executor. You can also use your will to name a guardian for you... (more...)
A document in which you specify what is to be done with your property when you die and name your executor. You can also use your will to name a guardian for your young children.

CERTIFICATION OF TRUST

See abstract of trust.

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.

DISTRIBUTEE

(1) Anyone who receives something. Usually, the term refers to someone who inherits a deceased person's property. If the deceased person dies without a will (ca... (more...)
(1) Anyone who receives something. Usually, the term refers to someone who inherits a deceased person's property. If the deceased person dies without a will (called intestate), state law determines what each distributee will receive. Also called a beneficiary.

BENEFICIARY

A person or organization legally entitled to receive benefits through a legal device, such as a will, trust or life insurance policy.

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.

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.

SAMPLE LEGAL CASES

Schwartz v. Labow

... The probate court's general jurisdiction encompasses "the internal affairs of trusts" and "[o]ther actions and proceedings involving trustees...." 17000, subds. ... 427 (2) The probate court has general power and duty to supervise the administration of trusts. ...

In re Estate of Young

... (a)(2)(D).) The trial court ruled that the Estate was the prevailing party, because it had showed sufficient evidence of undue influence and fraud in the establishment of the trusts. ... A. Creation of Land Trusts and Operational Trusts; Background. ...

Bilafer v. Bilafer

... SIMONS, Acting PJ. On December 30, 1999, Mitchell J. Bilafer (Mitchell) [1] executed two irrevocable trusts (collectively, the 1999 Trusts). In 2006, Mitchell filed petitions to reform the 1999 Trusts to conform them to his intent. ...