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2. What To Do If You Are the Executor of a Will - AOL

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   Additionally, the executor must secure and manage all estate assets of the decedent during the period it takes to probate a will, which could be as little as a few months or as long as a year. 3 ...

3. Contesting a Will? You Might Not Need a Lawyer - AOL

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   Wills often go through probate, which is the legal process for settling an estate. The rules are different for every state, so check with an attorney or your local county office to learn more.

4. Is Probate Really That Bad? Yes, and Here's How to Avoid it - AOL

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   In this case, your cost will be quite a bit higher than if you go through probate. On the positive side, revocable living trusts were developed to help avoid probate. Your property is held in ...

5. Probate - Wikipedia

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   In common law jurisdictions, probate is the judicial process whereby a will is "proved" in a court of law and accepted as a valid public document that is the true last testament of the deceased; or whereby, in the absence of a legal will, the estate is settled according to the laws of intestacy that apply in the state where the deceased resided at the time of their death.

6. Administrator of an estate - Wikipedia

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   The administrator of an estate is a legal term referring to a person appointed by a court to administer the estate of a deceased person who left no will. [1] Where a person dies intestate, i.e., without a will, the court may appoint a person to settle their debts, pay any necessary taxes and funeral expenses, and distribute the remainder according to the procedure set down by law.

7. Estate planning - Wikipedia

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   Estate planning may involve a will, trusts, beneficiary designations, powers of appointment, property ownership (for example, joint tenancy with rights of survivorship, tenancy in common, tenancy by the entirety), gifts, and powers of attorney (specifically a durable financial power of attorney and a durable medical power of attorney).