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If you’re an executor, administrator, or trustee, and you have real estate to sell, you need to know about point of sale inspections. What are these inspections? Basically, a point of sale [...]

There are some important considerations when it comes to appraising the estate. An executor or administrator must return an inventory and appraisal to the Probate Court within three months of the [...]

Part of an effective estate plan includes thinking about insuring the estate. An executor expressly agrees to insure all estate assets. Here are some things to think about. If decedent  died [...]

What is the story with probate bond? What is it? When is it required? Quite simply. A bond is an insurance policy that the executor or administrator of the estate must purchase and file with the [...]

Insurance for estates can be tricky. The first thing you need to do is notify the decedent’s insurance agent right away that the decedent has passed. There are a number of reasons for this. [...]

Do you understand your healthcare advance directives? What is the difference between the healthcare power of attorney and living will? How do the documents work together? The Healthcare Power of [...]

Ohio does not have a standardized medical authorization form to allow parents to designate someone to make healthcare decisions for their children. However, it is quite likely that little Johnny [...]

Are you worried that a family member is going to be challenging the will? There is a short time frame to initiate a challenge. In Ohio, an action to contest a will must be filed within 90 days [...]

If anyone every asks about bank forms for POA, my advice is simple-sign them. If there’s one act that gives the bank employees pause, it’s when someone walks in with a Power of [...]

  If the decedent died owning a boat, the question becomes who’s taking the boat? It’s pretty much the same answer that I give to any legal question. It depends. Here’s the [...]