by Kathryn A. Flanigan | Mar 18, 2015 | Estate Administration & Probate
At the beginning of the year, millions of Americans make New Year’s resolutions. Some pledge to lose weight, some say that they will be better with money, and others promise to be more active with their charities. A few will promise themselves that they will...
by Kathryn A. Flanigan | Mar 14, 2015 | Estate Administration & Probate
A common question that people toiling in debt may have is what happens to their debts when they pass away? Unfortunately, they don’t always go away as a creditor can make a claim against one’s estate to collect an outstanding debt.Now why would a creditor...
by Kathryn A. Flanigan | Mar 3, 2015 | Estate Administration & Probate
For executors, one of the things that can keep a person up at night is the prospect of probating a will. This is the name given to the process of transferring legal possession of property from one person (the deceased) to another (a person identified in the will). It...
by Kathryn A. Flanigan | Feb 26, 2015 | Estate Administration & Probate
For some people, learning that they have been named as executor to a loved one’s can be overwhelming. After all, how are you going to deal with the myriad of responsibilities that come with being an executor. For others, it is old hat, as they had expected to be...
by Kathryn A. Flanigan | Feb 19, 2015 | Estate Administration & Probate
If you have been named an executor or are responsible for administering an estate, determining which costs may be tax deductible is no easy task. In fact, given how complicated the U.S. Tax Code may be, mistakes over deducting expenses are ripe to happen. Because of...
by Kathryn A. Flanigan | Dec 11, 2014 | Estate Administration & Probate
The comedy world lost an icon in September when Joan Rivers lost her life to complications during a surgical procedure. Much has been made about the impeding medical malpractice lawsuit, the investigation against the Yorkville Endoscopy Clinic, and the citations...
