[lit-ideas] Re: Calling all attorneys.....

Hi, Julie,

I'm not a lawyer, but I have been working with my brother on my
father's estate. The big lesson is that you need a lawyer familiar
with the way in which probate is handled in your state. Legally
speaking, probate is normally a state and not a federal matter, and
details vary from state to state.

Virginia's are a real tangle, with, for example, a mandatory 16-month
waiting period to allow all outstanding claims by and against the
estate to be settled prior to final disposition. In the case of my
father's estate, this has actually turned out to be advantageous to my
brother and me. We have, for example, going through my dad's papers
found several old insurance policies that we didn't know existed. Our
lawyer has been able to track them down and secure payments for us.
Anyway, there's a lot of messy stuff to deal with here. You want a
local lawyer familiar with the ins-and-outs of settling estates.


John

On 9/29/07, Julie Krueger <juliereneb@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Are there any attorneys on the list who know a fair amount about probate
> court and wouldn't mind a couple questions?
>
> Julie Krueger
>


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John McCreery
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Tel. +81-45-314-9324
http://www.wordworks.jp/
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