Probate and Estate Administration

• Validating the will in probate court
• Appointing an executor
• Filing all required notices
• Inventory and appraising of estate assets
• Payment of outstanding debts and disputing creditor claims
• Payment of estate taxes
• Final distribution of assets to beneficiaries
• Administering assets that do not go through probate, including:
• Property where title is owned as joint tenants and right of survivor ship
• Retirement accounts such as IRAs and 401(k) accounts
• Life insurance policies
• Bank accounting with pay On Death designations
• Property owned by a living trust