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Colleen C. McCulloch

Real Estate, Wills & Probate, Estate Planning, Bankruptcy
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Lori Jo Withrow

Estate
Status:  In Good Standing           Licensed:  15 Years

Colleen C. Mcculloch

Real Estate, Motor Vehicle, Estate, Business
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Ashley Lynn Justice

Real Estate, Motor Vehicle, Wills & Probate, Child Custody, Civil & Human Rights
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Estate, Divorce, Civil & Human Rights, Bankruptcy, Personal Injury
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Gerald Clint Hayden

Real Estate, Estate, Divorce & Family Law, Accident & Injury
Status:  In Good Standing           Licensed:  23 Years

James R. Sheatsley

Estate
Status:  In Good Standing           Licensed:  46 Years

Amy Vickers Fritz

Accident & Injury, Employment, Estate, Real Estate
Status:  In Good Standing           Licensed:  30 Years

Lindsey Caroline Ashley

Estate Planning, Family Law, Consumer Rights, Personal Injury, Slip & Fall Accident
Status:  In Good Standing           Licensed:  11 Years

John L. Bridi

Real Estate, Government, Estate
Status:  In Good Standing           Licensed:  43 Years

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LEGAL TERMS

LAPSE

Under a will, the failure of a gift of property. A gift lapses when the beneficiary dies before the person who made the will, and no alternate has been named. S... (more...)
Under a will, the failure of a gift of property. A gift lapses when the beneficiary dies before the person who made the will, and no alternate has been named. Some states have anti-lapse statutes, which prevent gifts to relatives of the deceased person from lapsing unless the relative has no heirs of his or her own. A lapsed gift becomes part of the residuary estate.

CERTIFIED COPY

A copy of a document issued by a court or government agency guaranteed to be a true and exact copy of the original. Many agencies and institutions require certi... (more...)
A copy of a document issued by a court or government agency guaranteed to be a true and exact copy of the original. Many agencies and institutions require certified copies of legal documents before permitting certain transactions. For example, a certified copy of a death certificate is required before a bank will release the funds in a deceased person's payable-on-death account to the person who has inherited them.

DEVISEE

A person or entity who inherits real estate under the terms of a will.

TITLE COMPANY

A company that issues title insurance.

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.

TESTAMENTARY TRUST

A trust created by a will, effective only upon the death of the willmaker.

ALTERNATE BENEFICIARY

A person, organization or institution that receives property through a will, trust or insurance policy when the first named beneficiary is unable or refuses to ... (more...)
A person, organization or institution that receives property through a will, trust or insurance policy when the first named beneficiary is unable or refuses to take the property. For example, in his will Jake leaves his collection of sheet music to his daughter, Mia, and names the local symphony as alternate beneficiary. When Jake dies, Mia decides that the symphony can make better use of the sheet music than she can, so she refuses (disclaims) the gift, and the manuscripts pass directly to the symphony. In insurance law, the alternate beneficiary, usually the person who receives the insurance proceeds because the initial or primary beneficiary has died, is called the secondary or contingent beneficiary.

SURROGATE COURT

See probate court.

INHERIT

To receive property from someone who has died. Traditionally, the word 'inherit' applied only when one received property from a relative who died without a will... (more...)
To receive property from someone who has died. Traditionally, the word 'inherit' applied only when one received property from a relative who died without a will. Currently, however, the word is used whenever someone receives property from the estate of a deceased person.