Probate Litigation: How to Deal With Estate Disputes

Probate Litigation: How to Deal With Estate Disputes

It is a sad, but true reality. All too often when people die, the loved ones they leave behind don’t only mourn them. They also get into heated battles over the deceased’s estate. Probate litigation is one way of handling your loved one’s estate. The...
5 Estate Planning Myths Debunked

5 Estate Planning Myths Debunked

Common Estate Planning Myths Developing an estate plan involves a process that people tend to postpone until their golden years, their kids enter college, retirement, or the birth of grandchildren.  While these significant life-changes certainly merit reviewing and...
What is a special needs trust?

What is a special needs trust?

Trusts are one of the main tools used by estate planning attorneys. Setting up a trust can help ensure that your assets go to your loved ones as efficiently as possible, and in a way that makes sense given the specific situation of the grantor and the beneficiary....
South Carolina Probate Process Part 2

South Carolina Probate Process Part 2

Locating the assets and debts of an estate is one of the largest undertakings in the probate process. It can be quite challenging to track down all of the assets a decedent possessed, and it can be even more challenging to figure out all of the debts that the deceased...
South Carolina Probate Process Part 1

South Carolina Probate Process Part 1

When an individual dies, typically, at least some of the property that individual owned will be subject to probate. This means that the property must go through a formal probate process to be distributed according to the individual’s will. Even if the individual did...