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Thomas E. Greene

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Trusts, Business Organization, Merger & Acquisition, Estate Administration, Banking & Finance

Thomas E. Greene III, founder of Liberty Street Law, blends a background that includes estate planning law, financial planning and asset protection to... (more)

Brittney Caroline Beckom

Commercial Real Estate, Real Estate, Wills & Probate
Status:  In Good Standing           Licensed:  17 Years

Brittney Caroline Beckom

Commercial Real Estate, Real Estate, Wills & Probate
Status:  In Good Standing           

Burke Blackwell Johnson

Education, Real Estate, Wills & Probate, Estate, Business
Status:  In Good Standing           Licensed:  37 Years

Chadwick S. Knott

Real Estate, Wills & Probate, Elder Law, Civil & Human Rights
Status:  In Good Standing           Licensed:  21 Years

Cynthia Eileen Call

Federal Trial Practice, Wills, Estate, Business, Accident & Injury
Status:  In Good Standing           Licensed:  30 Years

Dennise LeAnn Grayson

Estate, Elder Law, Wills & Probate, Medicare & Medicaid
Status:  In Good Standing           Licensed:  20 Years

James Bradford Odom

Landlord-Tenant, Federal Trial Practice, Wills & Probate, Contract
Status:  In Good Standing           

James H. Cox

Lawsuit & Dispute, Industry Specialties, Wills & Probate, Child Custody, Criminal
Status:  In Good Standing           Licensed:  49 Years

Kelly A. Miles

Lawsuit, Wills & Probate, Family Law, Contract
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LEGAL TERMS

CONTINGENT BENEFICIARY

1) An alternate beneficiary named in a will, trust or other document. 2) Any person entitled to property under a will if one or more prior conditions are satisf... (more...)
1) An alternate beneficiary named in a will, trust or other document. 2) Any person entitled to property under a will if one or more prior conditions are satisfied. For example, if Fred is entitled to take property under a will only if he's married at the time of the will maker's death, Fred is a contingent beneficiary. Similarly, if Ellen is named to receive a house only in the event her mother, who has been named to live in the house, moves out of it, Ellen is a contingent beneficiary.

BANKRUPTCY ESTATE

All of the property you own when you file for bankruptcy, except for most pensions and educational trusts. The trustee technically takes control of your bankrup... (more...)
All of the property you own when you file for bankruptcy, except for most pensions and educational trusts. The trustee technically takes control of your bankruptcy estate for the duration of your case.

HEIR AT LAW

A person entitled to inherit property under intestate succession laws.

CHARITABLE TRUST

Any trust designed to make a substantial gift to a charity and also achieve income and estate tax savings for the person who creates the trust (the grantor).

EXEMPTION TRUST

A bypass trust funded with an amount no larger than the personal federal estate tax exemption in the year of death. If the trust grantor leaves property worth m... (more...)
A bypass trust funded with an amount no larger than the personal federal estate tax exemption in the year of death. If the trust grantor leaves property worth more than that amount, it usually goes to the surviving spouse. The trust property passes free from estate tax because of the personal exemption, and the rest is shielded from tax under the surviving spouse's marital deduction.

CERTIFICATION OF TRUST

See abstract of trust.

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.

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.

GRANTOR RETAINED INCOME TRUST

Irrevocable trusts designed to save on estate tax. There are several kinds; with all of them, you keep income from trust property, or use of that property, for ... (more...)
Irrevocable trusts designed to save on estate tax. There are several kinds; with all of them, you keep income from trust property, or use of that property, for a period of years. When the trust ends, the property goes to the final beneficiaries you've named. These trusts are for people who have enough wealth to feel comfortable giving away a substantial hunk of property. They come in three flavors: Grantor-Retained Annuity Trusts (GRATs), Grantor-Retained Unitrusts (GRUTs) and Grantor-Retained Income Trusts (GRITs).

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 ...