Kingsport Wills & Probate Lawyer, Tennessee


Includes: Estate Administration, Living Wills, Wills

Edward T. Brading

Federal Appellate Practice, Estate Administration, Corporate, Bankruptcy
Status:  In Good Standing           

James E. Brading

Corporate, Employment Discrimination, Estate Administration, Estate Planning
Status:  In Good Standing           

J. Eddie Lauderback

Corporate, Estate Administration, Federal Appellate Practice, Federal Trial Practice
Status:  In Good Standing           

William Stephenson Todd

Accident & Injury, Divorce & Family Law, Wills & Probate, Medical Malpractice
Status:  In Good Standing           Licensed:  46 Years

David Samuel Barnette

Juvenile Law, Wills & Probate, Family Law, Credit & Debt
Status:  In Good Standing           Licensed:  14 Years

David Barnette

Juvenile Law, Wills & Probate, Family Law, Credit & Debt
Status:  In Good Standing           Licensed:  14 Years

James Robert Boatright

Wills & Probate, Family Law, Insurance, Reorganization
Status:  In Good Standing           Licensed:  50 Years

James Boatright

Wills & Probate, Family Law, Insurance, Reorganization
Status:  In Good Standing           Licensed:  50 Years

Neesha N. Shah Hetcher

Wills & Probate, Business, Reorganization, Animal Bite
Status:  In Good Standing           Licensed:  18 Years

Neesha Hetcher

Wills & Probate, Business, Reorganization, Animal Bite
Status:  In Good Standing           Licensed:  18 Years

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LEGAL TERMS

INHERITANCE TAXES

Taxes some states impose on people or organizations who inherit property from a deceased person's estate. The taxes are based on the value of the inherited prop... (more...)
Taxes some states impose on people or organizations who inherit property from a deceased person's estate. The taxes are based on the value of the inherited property.

HEIR AT LAW

A person entitled to inherit property under intestate succession laws.

FUNDING A TRUST

Transferring ownership of property to a trust.

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.

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.'

PETITION

A formal written request made to a court, asking for an order or ruling on a particular matter. For example, if you want to be appointed conservator for an elde... (more...)
A formal written request made to a court, asking for an order or ruling on a particular matter. For example, if you want to be appointed conservator for an elderly relative, you must file a petition with a court. See also complaint.

SURROGATE COURT

See probate court.

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.

PROBATE

The court process following a person's death that includes proving the authenticity of the deceased person's will appointing someone to handle the deceased pers... (more...)
The court process following a person's death that includes proving the authenticity of the deceased person's will appointing someone to handle the deceased person's affairs identifying and inventorying the deceased person's property paying debts and taxes identifying heirs, and distributing the deceased person's property according to the will or, if there is no will, according to state law. Formal court-supervised probate is a costly, time-consuming process -- a windfall for lawyers -- which is best avoided if possible.

SAMPLE LEGAL CASES

In re Estate of Davis

... In this interlocutory appeal, the administrator of the estate of the decedent argues that a petition for probate, filed more than two years after the probate of an earlier will, is time-barred by Tennessee Code Annotated section 32-4-108, and, therefore, the trial court erroneously ...

In re Estate of Ridley

... J., joined. The issues in this appeal are whether the probate court's order construing the decedent's will was a final judgment and, if so, whether the appellee's notice of appeal was timely. ... The probate court entered an order construing the will on September 17, 2004. ...

GEORGIA O'KEEFFE FOUNDATION v. Fisk Univ.

... Mr. Stieglitz's Last Will and Testament was admitted to probate in the Surrogate's Court of New York County, New York, on September 13, 1946, at which time his widow, Georgia O'Keeffe, was appointed Executrix of the estate. ...