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R. Chix Miller
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Sell & Melton LLP
577 Mulberry Street Suite 810 Macon, GA 31201» view map
Estate Law
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At Sell & Melton LLP, our team is ready to help you with legal matters of estate planning. We have the experience needed to help you reach a satisfactory outcome.

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1. R. Chix Miller Macon, GA
  Attorney at Law - GA, 1978
  Mercer University J.D. 1978
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Daniele Tedesco

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Immigration, Divorce & Family Law, Personal Injury, Wills & Probate

Fluent in Spanish and Portuguese

I am originally from Brazil and I have been through the immigration process myself. I understand very well how my clients feel and how frustrating t... (more)

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800-653-1320

34 E 2nd Ave, Rome, GA 30161

Chimere Chisolm Trimble

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Divorce & Family Law, Estate, Power of Attorney, Motor Vehicle

Protecting your rights. Defending your honor.

Chimere Chisolm Trimble is an award-winning attorney and passionate leader in the Georgia legal community, known for her work throughout South Georgia... (more)

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800-919-6501

3133 Golf Ridge Blvd, Douglasville, GA 30135

Kellyn Kidwell

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Immigration, Estate, Landlord-Tenant, Divorce

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770-564-5999

3400 Chapel Hill Road,, Douglasville, GA 30135

Jeanne O'Halleran

Wills & Probate, Family Law, Divorce, Adoption

Status: In Good Standing Licensed: 23 Years

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445 South Main Street, Dallas, GA 30132

Allen Turner

Bankruptcy, Personal Injury, Family Law, Criminal, Estate

Status: In Good Standing

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200 E Memorial Dr, Dallas, GA 30132

F. Andrew Lane Jr.

Traffic, Dispute Resolution, Estate, Criminal

Status: In Good Standing Licensed: 37 Years

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Dallas, GA 30132

James A. Satcher

Accident & Injury, Criminal, Divorce & Family Law, Estate

Status: In Good Standing Licensed: 50 Years

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21 Saddle Mountain Rd., Rome, GA 30161

Leila Mahmoodi Mehrizi

Lawsuit & Dispute, Immigration, Estate, Child Custody, Car Accident

Status: In Good Standing Licensed: 13 Years

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3008 Gold Creek Drive, Villa Rica, GA 30180

Lynn T. Clarke

Commercial Real Estate, Trusts, Estate Planning, Estate

Status: In Good Standing Licensed: 49 Years

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210 Tallapoosa Street East, Bremen, GA 30110

Louis Michael Johnson

Estate, Business, Divorce & Family Law, Adoption, Corporate

Status: In Good Standing Licensed: 9 Years

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LEGAL TERMS

ADEMPTION

The failure of a bequest of property in a will. The gift fails (is 'adeemed') because the person who made the will no longer owns the property when he or she di... (more...)

The failure of a bequest of property in a will. The gift fails (is 'adeemed') because the person who made the will no longer owns the property when he or she dies. Often this happens because the property has been sold, destroyed or given away to someone other than the beneficiary named in the will. A bequest may also be adeemed when the will maker, while still living, gives the property to the intended beneficiary (called 'ademption by satisfaction'). When a bequest is adeemed, the beneficiary named in the will is out of luck; he or she doesn't get cash or a different item of property to replace the one that was described in the will. For example, Mark writes in his will, 'I leave to Rob the family vehicle,' but then trades in his car in for a jet ski. When Mark dies, Rob will receive nothing. Frustrated beneficiaries may challenge an ademption in court, especially if the property was not clearly identified in the first place.

FAILURE OF ISSUE

A situation in which a person dies without children who could have inherited her property.

GENERATION-SKIPPING TRANSFER TAX

A federal tax imposed on money placed in a generation-skipping trust. Currently, there is a $1 million exemption to the GSTT; that is, each person may leave $1 ... (more...)

A federal tax imposed on money placed in a generation-skipping trust. Currently, there is a $1 million exemption to the GSTT; that is, each person may leave $1 million in a generation-skipping trust free of this tax. The GSST is imposed when the middle-generation beneficiaries die and the property is transferred to the third-generation beneficiaries. Every dollar over $1 million is subject to the highest existing estate tax rate--currently 55%--at the time the GSTT tax is applied.

AUGMENTED ESTATE

In general terms, an augmented estate consists of property owned by both a deceased person and his or her spouse. The concept of the augmented estate is used on... (more...)

In general terms, an augmented estate consists of property owned by both a deceased person and his or her spouse. The concept of the augmented estate is used only in some states. Its value is calculated only if a surviving spouse declines whatever he or she was left by will and instead claims a share of the deceased spouse's estate. (This is called taking against the will.) The amount of this 'statutory share' or 'elective share' depends on state law.

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.

NONPROBATE

The distribution of a deceased person's property by any means other than probate. Many types of property pass free of probate, including property left to a surv... (more...)

The distribution of a deceased person's property by any means other than probate. Many types of property pass free of probate, including property left to a surviving spouse and property left outside of a will through probate-avoidance methods such as pay-on-death designations, joint tenancy ownership, living trusts and life insurance. Property that avoids probate is sometimes described as the 'nonprobate estate.' Nonprobate distribution may also occur if the deceased person leaves an invalid will. In that case, property will pass according to the particular state's laws of intestate succession.

LIVING TRUST

A trust you can set up during your life. Living trusts are an excellent way to avoid the cost and hassle of probate because the property you transfer into the t... (more...)

A trust you can set up during your life. Living trusts are an excellent way to avoid the cost and hassle of probate because the property you transfer into the trust during your life passes directly to the trust beneficiaries after you die, without court involvement. The successor trustee--the person you appoint to handle the trust after your death--simply transfers ownership to the beneficiaries you named in the trust. Living trusts are also called 'inter vivos trusts.'

SPECIFIC BEQUEST

A specific item of property that is left to a named beneficiary under a will. If the person who made the will no longer owns the property when he dies, the bequ... (more...)

A specific item of property that is left to a named beneficiary under a will. If the person who made the will no longer owns the property when he dies, the bequest fails. In other words, the beneficiary cannot substitute a similar item in the estate. Example: If John leaves his 1954 Mercedes to Patti, and when John dies the 1954 Mercedes is long gone, Patti doesn't receive John's current car or the cash equivalent of the Mercedes. See ademption.

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Allen Turner

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James A. Satcher

Leila Mahmoodi Mehrizi

Lynn T. Clarke

Louis Michael Johnson

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