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Charles Arthur Ray Lawyer

Charles Arthur Ray

VERIFIED
Tax, Real Estate, Corporate, Business & Trade, Wills & Probate

Charles A. Ray, Jr. concentrates his practice in Federal Tax Law, representing both individuals and corporations. His impeccable resume reveals a prov... (more)

Kerri M Castellini Lawyer

Kerri M Castellini

Trusts, Power of Attorney, Wills & Probate, Elder Law, Estate

Kerri Castellini is a lawyer in of Washington D.C. who focuses on trusts and estates. She has also tried cases involving guardianship, power of atto... (more)

Elizabeth Victoria  Noel Lawyer

Elizabeth Victoria Noel

VERIFIED
Estate, Real Estate, Trusts, Wills & Probate, Elder Law

Elizabeth Victoria Noel, Esq. is a tax attorney with an extensive background in financial matters related to investments, estate planning, retirement ... (more)

George A. Teitelbaum

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

Audrey Corso

Wills, Estate Planning, Elder Law
Status:  In Good Standing           

Sarah K. Gentry

Wills & Probate, Landlord-Tenant, Real Estate
Status:  In Good Standing           

Alexis Dannielle Johns

State Government, Wills, Trusts
Status:  In Good Standing           Licensed:  32 Years

Marc Benjamin Langston

Wills & Probate
Status:  In Good Standing           Licensed:  13 Years

Leta Machelle Jackson

Wills & Probate, Veterans' Affairs
Status:  In Good Standing           Licensed:  3 Years

Jennifer J Moheyer

Divorce & Family Law, Estate, Child Support, Wills & Probate, Divorce
Status:  In Good Standing           Licensed:  17 Years

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LEGAL TERMS

UNIFORM TRANSFER-ON-DEATH SECURITY ACT

A statute that allows people to name a beneficiary to inherit stocks or bonds without probate. The owner of the securities can register them with a broker using... (more...)
A statute that allows people to name a beneficiary to inherit stocks or bonds without probate. The owner of the securities can register them with a broker using a simple form that names a person to receive the property after the owner's death. Every state but Texas has adopted the statute.

TRUST MERGER

Under a trust, the situation that occurs when the sole trustee and the sole beneficiary are the same person or institution. Then, there's no longer the separati... (more...)
Under a trust, the situation that occurs when the sole trustee and the sole beneficiary are the same person or institution. Then, there's no longer the separation between the trustee's legal ownership of trust property from the beneficiary's interest. The trust 'merges' and ceases to exist.

SUCCESSOR TRUSTEE

The person or institution who takes over the management of trust property when the original trustee has died or become incapacitated.

EXECUTOR

The person named in a will to handle the property of someone who has died. The executor collects the property, pays debts and taxes, and then distributes what's... (more...)
The person named in a will to handle the property of someone who has died. The executor collects the property, pays debts and taxes, and then distributes what's left, as specified in the will. The executor also handles any probate court proceedings and notifies people and organizations of the death. Also called personal representatives.

OFFICER

A person elected by a profit or nonprofit corporation's board of directors, or by the manager of a limited liability company, to manage the day-to-day operation... (more...)
A person elected by a profit or nonprofit corporation's board of directors, or by the manager of a limited liability company, to manage the day-to-day operations of the organization. Officers generally hold titles such as President or Treasurer. Many states and most corporate bylaws or LLC operating agreements require a corporation or LLC to have a president, secretary and treasurer. Election of a vice president may be required by state law.

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.

MARITAL LIFE ESTATE TRUST

See AB trust.

ESTATE PLANNING

The art of continuing to prosper when you're alive, and passing your property to your loved ones with a minimum of fuss and expense after you die. Planning your... (more...)
The art of continuing to prosper when you're alive, and passing your property to your loved ones with a minimum of fuss and expense after you die. Planning your estate may involve making a will, living trust, healthcare directives, durable power of attorney for finances or other documents.

QDOT TRUST

A trust used to postpone estate tax when more than the amount of the personal federal estate tax exemption is left to a non-U.S. citizen spouse by the other spo... (more...)
A trust used to postpone estate tax when more than the amount of the personal federal estate tax exemption is left to a non-U.S. citizen spouse by the other spouse. QDOT stands for qualified domestic trust.

SAMPLE LEGAL CASES

In re Estate of McKenney

... The principal asset was the mother's home, on which this appeal focuses. Subsequently, after a hearing, the probate court voided the sale and removed Eltayeb as the personal representative of the mother's estate. ... No probate proceedings were instituted at that time. ...

In re Pleshaw

... In late 1997, the Probate Division of the Superior Court of the District of Columbia (the "probate court") appointed Pleshaw to serve as counsel to Joseph Riley in an intervention proceeding, and later to be the guardian/conservator for the Riley Estate. ...

In re Orshansky

... The matter of Ms. Mollie Orshansky's conservatorship first came before this court in 2002, when we ruled that the probate court had erred in appointing a guardian and conservator, the appellee, Harry J. Jordan, from the court's fiduciary list, without following the safeguards of the ...