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In many states probate the court-administered process by which someones property and debts are settled after death can be complex expensive and worth significant effort to avoid. Georgia however is an exception to this. Georgia is an easy probate sta...
Executor fees are the compensation paid to the executor or personal representative responsible for administering the estate of a deceased person. These fees, also known as personal representative fees, are typically a percentage of the total value of t...
Estate planning is a crucial aspect of managing your financial affairs and ensuring that your assets are distributed according to your wishes upon your passing. Two key terms that often arise when discussing estate planning are "heirs" and "beneficiari...
Estate planning is a critical, but often overlooked, aspect of managing your financial and legal wellness. As you know, estate planning involves creating a plan for the distribution of your assets, property, and wealth after your passing. Comprehensive...
When planning your estate in Atlanta, GA, there are a lot of good options of estate planning tools that can each provide a benefit to your plan. The two primary estate planning documents in Georgia are wills and trusts and each one brings something dif...
Due to the many benefits of revocable living trusts, they are becoming increasingly common estate planning documents. But with their recent rise in popularity, several common misconceptions have emerged. Before you make any decisions, speaking with an ...
Though estate planning is commonly considered something that only older individuals need to think about, young families in Georgia also benefit from having an estate plan in place. Simply, estate planning is the process of making a plan for how your as...
There are many benefits to using a revocable living trust as your primary estate planning document in Georgia. In this article, we take a look at several benefits of revocable living trusts and the funding requirements required to take advantage of eac...
In recent years, revocable living trusts have become increasingly common estate planning tools. And, in the right circumstances, revocable living trusts are an appropriate estate planning strategy. Sometimes, however, revocable living trusts are unnece...
In Georgia, unlike in many other states, probate is not “bad.” Probate in Georgia is relatively easy. But despite the relative simplicity of probate in Georgia, you might desire to avoid probate for many reasons. Probate is the legal proce...
