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Michael J. Maus
Real Estate, Personal Injury, Trusts, Wills & Probate
Status: In Good Standing Licensed: 46 Years
Dickinson, ND 58602
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LEGAL TERMS
PREDECEASED SPOUSE
In the law of wills, a spouse who dies before the will maker while still married to him or her.
HOLOGRAPHIC WILL
A will that is completely handwritten, dated and signed by the person making it. Holographic wills are generally not witnessed. Although it's legal in many stat... (more...)
A will that is completely handwritten, dated and signed by the person making it. Holographic wills are generally not witnessed. Although it's legal in many states, making a holographic will is never advised except as a last resort.
SPECIFIC BEQUEST
A specific item of property that is left to a named beneficiary under a will. If the person who made the will no longer owns the property when he dies, the bequ... (more...)
A specific item of property that is left to a named beneficiary under a will. If the person who made the will no longer owns the property when he dies, the bequest fails. In other words, the beneficiary cannot substitute a similar item in the estate. Example: If John leaves his 1954 Mercedes to Patti, and when John dies the 1954 Mercedes is long gone, Patti doesn't receive John's current car or the cash equivalent of the Mercedes. See ademption.
FAMILY ALLOWANCE
A certain amount of a deceased person's money to which immediate family members are entitled at the beginning of the probate process. The allowance is meant to ... (more...)
A certain amount of a deceased person's money to which immediate family members are entitled at the beginning of the probate process. The allowance is meant to help support the surviving spouse and children during the time it takes to probate the estate. The amount is determined by state law and varies greatly from state to state.
ENTITY
An organization, institution or being that has its own existence for legal or tax purposes. An entity is often an organization with an existence separate from i... (more...)
An organization, institution or being that has its own existence for legal or tax purposes. An entity is often an organization with an existence separate from its individual members--for example, a corporation, partnership, trust, estate or government agency. The entity is treated like a person; it can function legally, be sued, and make decisions through agents.
QTIP TRUST
A type of trust for wealthy married couples that allows a surviving spouse to postpone estate taxes. A QTIP trust allows the surviving spouse to make use of the... (more...)
A type of trust for wealthy married couples that allows a surviving spouse to postpone estate taxes. A QTIP trust allows the surviving spouse to make use of the trust property tax-free. Taxes are deferred until the surviving spouse dies and the trust property is received by the final trust beneficiaries, who were named by the first spouse to die.
TRUST DEED
The most common method of financing real estate purchases in California (most other states use mortgages). The trust deed transfers the title to the property to... (more...)
The most common method of financing real estate purchases in California (most other states use mortgages). The trust deed transfers the title to the property to a trustee -- often a title company -- who holds it as security for a loan. When the loan is paid off, the title is transferred to the borrower. The trustee will not become involved in the arrangement unless the borrower defaults on the loan. At that point, the trustee can sell the property and pay the lender from the proceeds.
HEIR AT LAW
A person entitled to inherit property under intestate succession laws.
INTESTATE SUCCESSION
The method by which property is distributed when a person dies without a valid will. Each state's law provides that the property be distributed to the closest s... (more...)
The method by which property is distributed when a person dies without a valid will. Each state's law provides that the property be distributed to the closest surviving relatives. In most states, the surviving spouse, children, parents, siblings, nieces and nephews, and next of kin inherit, in that order.
SAMPLE LEGAL CASES
In re Estate of Conley
... [¶ 4] Four years after Harry Wayne Conley's death in 2001, Harry Wayne Conley's nephews, Albert
Conley and Colin Conley, initiated the probate of Harry Wayne Conley's estate and moved the
district court to appoint them co-personal representatives of Harry Wayne Conley's ...
IN THE MATTER OF ESTATE OF SAMUELSON v. MYRVIK
... [¶5] In September 2005, the district court appointed Opal Myrvik as personal representative of
Ernest Samuelson's estate and admitted his will to informal probate. ... [¶13] Section 30.1-04-01,
NDCC, closely tracks section 2-101 of the 1990 Uniform Probate Code. ...
In re Estate of Eggl
... [¶ 3] Following Tony Eggl's death, Donald Eggl and Janet Eggl, Tony Eggl's nephew and
sister-in-law, filed an application for informal probate and appointment as co-personal
representatives. ... An unsupervised probate, governed by NDCC ch. ...
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