SYRACUSE, NY - Families facing the loss of a loved one often find themselves navigating unfamiliar legal territory ...

If you have ever been an executor of an estate or if you know someone who has had to deal with a probate estate, you likely know the probate process can be slow, cumbersome and expensive. Fortunately, ...

House Bill 2445 aims to stop third parties from unfairly profiting from dead strangers' estates.

Before you invest time and money into probate avoidance strategies, it's worth taking a step back to understand whether this should actually be a priority for your family.

If you own your home in California you should have a revocable trust and an estate plan to avoid the substantial expense of ...

Once you've hit the milestone of paying off your mortgage, there are some ways to maximize your money right away.

A local woman is hoping to make a first-in-the-nation change to create impartial medical panels that would assist families in the conservatorship process.

Losing a spouse can be devastating. But amid that grief, the surviving spouse is often left making high-stakes financial decisions at the worst possible time. Income might drop overnight, yet the ...

Add to that the distribution of assets and the stress of probate, and there’s the strong potential for conflict — especially ...

An expert Q&A on the intersection of trusts and estates and elder law, highlighting important elder law issues that counsel ...

Sawyer & Sawyer, P.A. has published a new educational article, Settling an Estate in Florida: What Executors and Heirs Need ...

An FBI probe is examining alleged corruption in Detroit’s probate court, involving a judge and missing funds tied to a ...