Chapel Hill Wills & Probate Lawyer, North Carolina


Includes: Estate Administration, Living Wills, Wills

Gray Ellis

Wills, Estate Planning, Family Law, Divorce & Family Law
Status:  In Good Standing           

Micah John Malouf

Commercial Real Estate, Oil & Gas, Wills, Banking & Finance
Status:  In Good Standing           Licensed:  17 Years

Beth Tillman

Estate Administration, Estate Planning, Wills & Probate, Estate
Status:  In Good Standing           

Robert D. Mcclanahan

Wills, Family Law, Civil & Human Rights, Personal Injury
Status:  Inactive           Licensed:  46 Years

Katharine B. Buchanan

Reorganization, Estate Planning, Gift Taxation, Estate Administration
Status:  In Good Standing           

Jack D Wiggen

Wills & Probate, Family Law, Elder Law, Business
Status:  In Good Standing           

Paul Brian Rollins

Real Estate, Litigation, Estate Planning, Wills & Probate
Status:  Inactive           

Benjamin David Busch

Foreclosure, Personal Injury, Bankruptcy, Wills & Probate
Status:  In Good Standing           

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Donna Ambler Rice

Federal Appellate Practice, Family Law, Juvenile Law, Wills, Divorce
Status:  In Good Standing           Licensed:  36 Years

William J Wickward, Jr.

Social Security -- Disability, Special Education, Wills & Probate, Trusts, Veterans' Affairs
Status:  In Good Standing           Licensed:  18 Years

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LEGAL TERMS

DEED OF TRUST

See trust deed.

BENEFICIARY

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

LETTERS TESTAMENTARY

The document given to an executor by the probate court, authorizing the executor to settle the estate according to either a will or the state's intestate succes... (more...)
The document given to an executor by the probate court, authorizing the executor to settle the estate according to either a will or the state's intestate succession laws.

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.'

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.

SPRINKLING TRUST

A trust that gives the person managing it (the trustee) the discretion to disburse its funds among the beneficiaries in any way he or she sees fit.

PREDECEASED SPOUSE

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

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.

SAMPLE LEGAL CASES

In re Will of Jones

... Because we believe genuine issues of material fact remain as to the question of undue influence, we reverse the Court of Appeals, which, in a divided opinion, affirmed the trial court's grant of summary judgment to Mrs. Jones and its order for the will to be accepted for probate. ...

In re Will of Baitschora

... On 22 June 2007, decedent died in propounder's home. Propounder attempted to probate the will on 25 June 2007, but when Ms. Weithe informed propounder that the firm could not handle the matter until August 2007, propounder sought other counsel. ...

IN RE MATTER OF ESTATE OF FORTNER

... UNPUBLISHED OPINION. THIGPEN, Judge. Respondents, the administrators of the Estate of Johnnie H. Fortner, Sr. ("the Estate"), appeal from an order awarding attorney's fees to petitioner's attorney for "his services in opposing the probate of a paper writing.". ...