About half of all people who die in the United States die without a will — a legal directive of what will happen to their money, debts and properties after they’re gone. More than 700,000 people have ...

If you're making an inventory for probate, then you're likely the executor or administrator of an estate. You're charged with shepherding the estate through probate – the legal process of paying the ...

A brother and sister fight over which one of them their mother will live with. A nursing home and the family of a deceased patient fight over the amount of money spent on the woman's funeral. And two ...

A father deserts his children and leaves behind a drug-addicted mother, who voluntarily agrees to hand over her parental rights to the grandparents. A 10-year-old girl wants to commit suicide and ...

The cases seen last year in the Midland County Probate Court reflect a rising community concern about drug use, with nearly half of the abuse and neglect cases involving methamphetamine and heroin.

Relatives of a deceased woman who left behind a trust for her assets tried unsuccessfully for a decade to have a prominent local lawyer removed as trustee, before the attorney eventually was accused ...

How did a Farmington Hills man lose out on tens of thousands of dollars of his rightful inheritance to total strangers? It’s a drama that played out between several different courtrooms, and it’s all ...

Judge Rooney Bowen III, Council of Probate Court Judges of Georgia (Courtesy photo)[/caption] Judges from around the state gathered this week at a Georgia State Patrol station near the Capitol for ...

Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X As more people live longer, their legal needs change and increase, said Judge Frank Forgione, who ...

A brother and sister fight over which one of them their mother will live with. A nursing home and the family of a deceased patient fight over the amount of money spent on the woman's funeral. And two ...