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Will Contest, Probate, and Fiduciary Litigation Trends: A Bird’s Eye View
Adam Gaslowitz presented a speech entitled “Will Contest, Probate, and Fiduciary Litigation Trends: A Bird’s Eye View” at the ALI-ABA recent Advanced Estate Planning Techniques seminar in San Francisco. Lecturing to an audience of attorneys, practitioners and advisors from around the nation, Adam spoke about his observations, experiences, and predictions about the changing landscape of…
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We hope you find the following links useful. Clerk’s Offices Georgia Supreme Court Georgia Court of Appeals Fulton County Superior Court Fulton County State Court Fulton County Probate Court Dekalb County Superior Court Dekalb County State Court Dekalb County Probate Court Cobb County Superior Court Cobb County State Court Cobb County Probate Court Gwinnett County…
learn more »What is a Will Contest?
A will contest (called a caveat in Georgia) ensues when someone brings a legal challenge to a will filed for probate. When probate is initiated, the probate court allows interested parties an opportunity to object to the will. The challenger (called a caveator in Georgia) seeks to overturn the entire will or one or more…
learn more »What is Estate Administration?
An estate is the total amount of property owned by a person (the “decedent”) at his or her death. In most states, including, Georgia the probate court oversees the administration of a decedent’s estate. Estate administration is the process of probating the estate of a decedent, which includes inventorying the property, paying and collecting debts,…
learn more »What is Probate?
Probate is the judicial procedure by which a court oversees the disposition of a person’s property after his or her death. If there is a will, the provisions of the will determine how the estate is distributed. If there is no will, or if the will proves to be invalid, the estate will still go…
learn more »What Does an Executor Do?
An executor is the person named by the creator of the will (the testator) to carry out the provisions of the will. Any person over the age of eighteen and not a convicted felon may be named as an executor. Family members and close friends are often named as executors. The executor must be capable…
learn more »Can Probate Be Avoided?
When a person dies, he or she generally leaves both probate and non-probate assets. Assets that are distributed outside of the probate process are non-probate assets. Since the probate process is not involved, these assets generally can be distributed more quickly to the appropriate beneficiaries. Another advantage of non-probate assets is that since they escape…
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