In 2006 the administration of George W Bush accepted responsibility for Anna Nicole by sending its solicitor general to file a brief for her during her dispute with the Texas probate courts over the Marshall millions.
Most states allow a POD beneficiary to take over an account without probate if a will gives you a right to the money and the sum in the account does not exceed a certain amount.
By legislative mandate, probate courts have jurisdiction over such matters as conservatorships, guardianship of a person with mental retardation, estates, trusts, adoptions and civil psychiatric commitments.
It seems impossible; and that was the reaction of Michael A. Bellesiles, a Colonial historian at Emory University, when -- while searching through over a thousand probate records from the frontier sections of New England and Pennsylvania for 1763 to 1790 -- he found that only 14percentt of the men owned guns, and over half of those guns were unusable.
Additionally, there will be probate fees and court costs over and above the estate and gift taxes.[5] Failure to enact an estate plan could mean leaving an impossible tax bill for your heirs against your property, forcing them to sell property to pay the bill.
Chancery courts have jurisdiction over matters of equity, probate, juvenile delinquency (where county courts do not exist), divorce, and mental competence.
Probate can be required for any estate over £5,000 held by the deceased just in their own name.
County courts are generally limited to juvenile and probate matters, while justice courts have jurisdiction over traffic, wildlife, and other violations occurring in their counties, as well as some small-claims jurisdiction.
Transsexuals who marry after surgery pose a different set of questions, and there have been a number of custody, probate and other cases with decisions all over the legal map.
The attorneys are scheduled to appear before a San Francisco probate judge on Monday, as they argue over who should get clothes and other personal items the actor kept at one his northern California homes.
