New Hanover County, NC Estate Lawyers


Don Tolbert Evans Lawyer

Don Tolbert Evans

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Accident & Injury, Real Estate, Criminal, Motor Vehicle, Estate
Firm has 35 years experience, continuing a family tradition of lawyers stretching back 100 years.

Firm has 35 years experience, continuing a family tradition of lawyers stretching back 100 years.

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Clayton Williams Cheek Lawyer

Clayton Williams Cheek

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Business, Bankruptcy & Debt, Commercial Bankruptcy, Lawsuit & Dispute, Estate

Clayton Cheek received his B. S. degree in English from Wake Forest University, his MBA from Wake Forest University and his J. D. from Wake Forest Uni... (more)

Benjamin Douglas Williams

Social Security -- Disability, Medical Malpractice, Workers' Compensation, Wills
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Woody E. White

Litigation, Estate Planning, Family Law, Contract
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Thomas G. Varnum

Constitutional Law, Copyright, Criminal, Estate Planning
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Joseph C. Hearne

Estate Planning, Corporate, Business Organization, Collection
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Thomas H. Nunalee

Gift Taxation, Estate Administration, Estate Planning, Living Wills
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Carmen Elliott Nunalee

Contract, Disability, Elder Law, Estate Administration
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Stephanie C. Adams

Corporate, Estate Administration, Estate Planning, Litigation
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Henry L. Anderson

Estate Planning, Family Law, Litigation, Medical Malpractice
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LEGAL TERMS

DEED OF TRUST

See trust deed.

TITLE COMPANY

A company that issues title insurance.

GENERATION-SKIPPING TRUST

A trust designed to save on estate tax. The trust principal is preserved for the trust maker's grandchildren, with his or her children receiving only income fro... (more...)
A trust designed to save on estate tax. The trust principal is preserved for the trust maker's grandchildren, with his or her children receiving only income from the trust. Because the children (the middle generation) never legally own the property, it isn't subject to estate tax at their death. See generation-skipping transfer tax.

CERTIFICATION OF TRUST

See abstract of trust.

RESIDUARY BENEFICIARY

A person who receives any property by a will or trust that is not specifically left to another designated beneficiary. For example, if Antonio makes a will leav... (more...)
A person who receives any property by a will or trust that is not specifically left to another designated beneficiary. For example, if Antonio makes a will leaving his home to Edwina and the remainder of his property to Elmo, then Elmo is the residuary beneficiary.

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.

GRANTOR

Someone who creates a trust. Also called a trustor or settlor.

INCOMPETENCE

The inability, as determined by a court, to handle one's own personal or financial affairs. A court may declare that a person is incompetent after a hearing at ... (more...)
The inability, as determined by a court, to handle one's own personal or financial affairs. A court may declare that a person is incompetent after a hearing at which the person is present and/or represented by an attorney. A finding of incompetence may lead to the appointment of a conservator to manage the person's affairs. Also known as 'incompetency.'

INTESTATE

The condition of dying without a valid will. The probate court appoints an administrator to distribute the deceased person's property according to state law.