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2. 3 Benefits of Using a Living Trust to Pass an Inheritance to ...

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   For example, in California, probate attorney fees and executor commissions are based on the gross value of the estate as follows: 4% on the first $100,000. 3% on the next $100,000. 2% on the next ...

3. 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 ...

4. Who Should You Ask to Be Executor of Your Estate? - AOL

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   A: The executor fee is calculated in many states as a percentage of probate assets, not time spent. Probate assets mean the decedent's assets that pass through the estate and not by beneficiary ...

5. Probate - Wikipedia

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   An executor is a person appointed by a will to act on behalf of the estate of the will-maker (the "testator") upon his or her death. An executor is the legal personal representative of a deceased person's estate. The appointment of an executor only becomes effective after the death of the testator.

6. Estate planning - Wikipedia

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   After executing a trust agreement, the settlor should ensure that all assets are properly re-registered in the name of the living trust. If assets (especially higher value assets and real estate) remain outside of a trust, then a probate proceeding may be necessary to transfer the asset to the trust upon the death of the testator.

7. Life estate - Wikipedia

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   In common law and statutory law, a life estate (or life tenancy) is the ownership of immovable property for the duration of a person's life. In legal terms, it is an estate in real property that ends at death, when the property rights may revert to the original owner or to another person. The owner of a life estate is called a "life tenant".