The recent data breach and identity theft at Target stores may be the hottest news right now, but there’s another type of identity theft that is happening all the time, but with a whole lot less media coverage. This new trend in identity theft – known as afterlife...
When a loved one dies, and the funeral is done, family members often wonder about what to do next. It can be difficult to want to handle legal and paperwork matters in the midst of grieving and even harder when you don’t know where to start. Here is a list of things...
If you have been named the Personal Representative of someone’s estate or the Trustee of a Trust, you may be unaware of all the details this responsibility entails. Most parents name a child as a personal representative, but seldom do children then do the...
As a general rule, Personal Representatives in a probate administration are not liable for the debts of the estate. If they were, no one would be willing to serve for risk that the estate couldn’t cover all the bills. But, like many things in the law, there is...
