When you serve as the executor of a will, you’ll need to grapple with a lot of paperwork as you coordinate the distribution of assets and property. Rest assured that whatever step of the probate ...

Complex matters. Online wills fail miserably when they are used for any situation out of the ordinary, such as blended ...

Several years ago, the family law bar strongly opposed the Texas Supreme Court's creation of forms for people to represent themselves in divorces. What might wills, trusts and probate attorneys think ...

Next Avenue recently asked readers to tell us the estate planning questions they’d like us to answer. We’re now back with the experts’ views on the top question on your mind, plus — as a bonus — their ...

Applying for probate is a difficult business. When someone dies, the executors (those people nominated by the deceased to manage their will) need to apply for a grant of probate, which allows them ...

Courts could use artificial intelligence (AI) to speed up probate and uncontested divorce applications, lawyers say. The software can be trained on publicly available cases to learn how to flag ...

Some probate attorneys want to help the effort if lawmakers pass a bill to require the Texas Supreme Court to create standard probate and wills forms for low-income Texans. Probate lawyer Craig Hopper ...