Estate Planning Attorney
What happens when a loved one passes away with property and we want to either inherit it or transfer to a family member? Generally, in this situation, we're looking at three different roads that we might take. To begin to determine which one of those three roads or what options you have. Keep in mind, this is just a brief summary of the different routes available. In order to obtain the right information which applies to you, talk to an estate planning attorney at Guerra | Days Law Group. The first road is referred to as probating a will. Your loved one has passed away leaving a will behind and this will is typically the deceased’s last testament. It is a memorialization, a writing, of what their last wishes were. First, we have to determine if that will is in fact valid . Determining whether a will is valid will be conducted by a court of law. Very often, I have people come into my office and say, "Hey, I've got a will, so the property's mine." Unfortuna...