The "Margaritaville" meltdown, in the wake of the popular singer's death, centers around a $275 million estate and attorney ...

Incumbent Hollie Barnett and challenger Randy Rodriguez are seeking the Curry County probate judge position in the June 2 primary. Early voting begins May 5. Both candidates ...

A friend of mine whom I’ve known for more than 30 years has asked me to be the executor of her small estate. I agreed to do ...

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A court-appointed conservator improperly billed the state’s probate courts for representing people who had died and ...

New financial columnist Patricia Marcin discusses the estate benefits of establishing a revocable trust versus a simple will.

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When accounts are jointly owned or have named beneficiaries, they typically transfer automatically at death. But even when the court isn't involved, families still face paperwork and tax questions.

Many smaller counties handle wills, guardianships and conservatorships through their regular, unspecialized civil courts. But here, those cases get their own special courts — probate courts — and to ...

About a decade ago, author Mandy Len Catron wrote an essay for the New York Times about “36 questions that lead to love”. The idea suggests that two people can grow closer – and even fall in love – by ...

The internet has always thrived on stupid questions. Despite decades of asking them in online forums, on social media and to search engines, humans still seem to have an infinite supply of these ...