estate law
Wills and trusts
Estate law is the area of law governing the transfer and management of property after someone dies.
It encompasses wills, trusts, probate proceedings, and inheritance rights.
Estate law also addresses planning during one's lifetime to minimize taxes and ensure assets pass to intended beneficiaries: She consulted an estate law attorney to set up a trust for her children.
- executorAppointed estate manager
- last willPosthumous asset instructions
- codicilWill modification document
- letters testamentaryCourt-issued executor authority
- power of attorneyLegal authority for another's decisions
settlor · next of kin · legal heir · administrator · probate · pour-over will · trustee · inheritance tax · family trust · primogeniture · irrevocable trust · deed · heir · mortgage · conveyance · title · will · legacy
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- death lawdeath certificate, death certificates, death tax, death penalty, death benefits
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- real estatehouse, home, apartment, property, sale
- civil litigationlawsuits, plaintiffs, defendants, verdicts, judgments
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