How to Prepare for Estate Administration: Pre-Planning Tips
Estate administration can be a complex and overwhelming process, especially for loved ones who are navigating the emotional challenges of loss. Thoughtful preparation, however, can ease this process significantly, ensuring a smoother transition and reducing stress for everyone involved. Below are some practical pre-planning tips to help simplify estate administration, offering peace...
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How Much Does the Executor of an Estate Get Paid in South Carolina?
In South Carolina, an executor is the person appointed in a Last Will and Testament that will be responsible for managing the estate throughout the probate proceedings. The personal representative of an estate is the same role as the executor, but is appointed by the court instead of the Last Will and Testament....
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Creditor Claims During Estate Administration in South Carolina
Personal representatives are tasked with many important responsibilities when it comes to estate administration in South Carolina. Among these responsibilities is properly addressing creditor claims. Proper notice must be provided to potential creditors of the estate and proper payment of valid creditor claims must be made. This is a key part in the estate...
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What Happens During Probate?
Have you heard of probate? It is the court-supervised process of administering a person’s estate after he or she dies. A notoriously lengthy and costly process, people often seek to establish estate plans that allow for avoiding probate, at least partially. Why can probate be so time consuming? Well, there is a lot...
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What Can Delay the Probate Process?
If you have done any initial investigation into the many benefits of estate planning, you may have read that one of the big potential perks of comprehensive estate planning is that you can put tools in place that help your assets from avoiding probate, in whole or in part. Why is it so...
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How to Choose a Personal Representative
The personal representative of an estate has a lengthy list of important tasks to accomplish in probate proceedings. In fact, while probate is the court-supervised process that follows in the wake of a person’s death, the personal representative is instrumental in helping to ensure that probate goes smoothly, that everything needed gets done, and...
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What Happens If There Is No Named Executor of an Estate?
A personal representative, otherwise referred to as an “executor” or “administrator,” of an estate plays a vital role during the probate process. This individual carries the responsibility of administering and distributing the decedent’s estate. Oftentimes, the personal representative is named in the decedent’s will. Other times, there is no named personal representative of the...
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Which Assets Avoid Probate?
During probate of an estate, the court oversees the management and distribution of a deceased individual’s assets. Additionally, all outstanding debts of the estate are paid. An executor or administrator of the estate will be appointed to carry out the necessary tasks of probate. The logistics and necessities of going through probate...
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What Happens in Probate Court?
While some people may have heard the word “probate,” not many know what it means or what probate involves. Some may simply have been warned to try and avoid probate. It is expensive! It takes too much time! This is what is usually said when probate is mentioned. The majority of estates, however, will...
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Why Would You Want to Avoid Probate?
You may have heard many negative sentiments about the probate process. However, many people do not actually understand the specifics about why people try to avoid probate. Proper planning ahead of time can help ensure that your estate will not need to go through probate at all or will, at least, substantially avoid...
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