A longtime Oakland County probate judge in Michigan has stepped down following widespread backlash over racist and homophobic remarks revealed in leaked audio r ...

Documents reveal a trail of calls, expiring probate orders, and unanswered requests for help before two stabbings in Columbus ...

"He had told my husband and me that he did not intend to leave anything to his sister, his only living relative." (Photo subject is a model.) A friend died suddenly six months ago. He had told my ...

For more than a year, Alaska’s court system has been designing a pioneering generative AI chatbot termed the Alaska Virtual ...

New probate rules for UK households are kicking in after a November rule change. The price of obtaining copies of probate documents has jumped from £1.50 to £16 per copy following a change introduced ...

A fresh layer of legal complexity has emerged in the ongoing inheritance dispute over the estimated Rs 30,000 crores estate of late industrialist Sunjay Kapur, with senior advocates questioning the ...

A grant of probate is a document which confirms the executor of a will has the authority to deal with the deceased’s assets. In the majority of cases, you will need to apply for a grant of probate. If ...

This past spring, a court filing in Tony Hsieh’s probate case was a legal stunner: It showed the late former Zappos chief had left a will. Since then, however, the surprising turn of events has only ...

Outline why obtaining a grant of probate is taking longer than ever Explain the treatment of estate property before probate is granted Sum up how advisers can help mitigate the impact of changes to ...

A reader challenged me to share advice about how to protect loved ones from what he called “legal terrorism”. He said he endured a horrible legal fight over his father’s estate and pointed at probate ...

As the air turns crisp and pumpkins appear on porches, our thoughts turn — if only briefly — to the mysterious and sometimes spooky side of life ... and death. While ghosts, ghouls and haunted houses ...