Probate real estate is the process that happens when a realtor steps in to handle the sale or transfer of a deceased person's owned home to another...
Depending on the circumstances, probate may not be required in all cases. If a person passes on and their remaining property is jointly owned, it a...
In the event a beneficiary has been named, bank accounts are not required to go through probate and will be paid directly to the person designated...
Burroughs Law Office PC is a law firm in Virginia Beach providing legal services to clients in the metro area and the adjoining communities. Attorney Lawren Burroughs and her team represent clients in all matters involving family law, including estate planning and probate. The attorney has served as an Assistant Public Defender for the Office of the Public Defender in Norfolk, Virginia, and she's a member of the Virginia Beach Bar Association and the National LGBT Bar Association.
The attorney offers legal guidance to clients on matters involving probate and estate planning, and he also handles divorce law, domestic violence, and protective orders cases. Attorney Stephen Kecskes has over 30 years of legal experience and is a member of the Virginia Beach Bar Association and Virginia State Bar.
Hadley Law PLC is a law practice based in Virginia Beach that handles a wide range of legal cases . The firm offers advice to clients on matters involving probate and estate planning, and also provides representation and guidance with contested and uncontested guardianship, as well as conservatorship proceedings. Other areas of practice by the firm include family law, traffic and criminal defense, protective orders and domestic-related criminal matters, immigration, and general civil litigation.
Ginny Brown Esquire is a law practice in Virginia Beach providing legal services to clients in the metro area and the adjoining neighborhoods. Attorney Ginny Brown offers legal counsel to clients in a wide range of matters, including probate and real estate planning. She also focuses on elder law. The attorney graduated from George Mason School of Law in Arlington, and she was the managing attorney for TrustBuilders Law Center in Yorktown for several years.
The Law Office of Jennifer E. Reynolds assists clients on matters involving probate and estate planning in Virginia Beach and the surrounding areas. The attorney also handles cases pertaining to protective orders, criminal, traffic, personal injury, and some civil law, as well as helps clients in drafting wills, power of attorneys, and advance medical directives. Attorney Jennifer Reynolds attended Regent Law School and worked at several local law firms before opening her practice in 2005.
Hanger Law is a law practice with offices in Virginia Beach, Newport, Chesapeake, and Richmond. The firm's main areas of practice include legal cases involving probate, estate planning, real estate law, and corporate and business law. Founder Hunter Hunger worked in DC on Capitol Hill and in Real Estate in Los Angeles, CA, and He has also served on the board of Virginia Beach Vision and the Housing Advisory Board.
Jean Galloway Ball is certified in Elder Law by the National Elder Law Foundation. She does life care and estate planning: preparing powers of attorney, Wills and Trusts for seniors and their families. She assists families with planning for disabled adult children. She advises on families on planning for long term care expenses. She is a recognized litigator in the area of fiduciary litigation including guardianship, Will contests, trust administration, claims against estates, accounts from fiduciaries, undue influence and financial exploitation.
Rod Sutherland began his legal career in 1982, and emphasizes legal service concerning Estate, Will and Trust planning, as well as Business Succession planning. Rod understands that each individual's and each family's needs are different and that it is very important to create estate plans that are custom made for his clients.
Rhonda Miller is a partner with Dunlap, Bennett & Ludwig, PLLC, working out of their Vienna, Leesburg and Pasadena offices where she concentrates on sophisticated estate planning including special needs trusts, asset protection trusts, spousal lifetime access trusts, charitable remainder trust, qualified small business trusts and other trust used to minimize or eliminate capital gains and estate tax. In addition, she focuses on administering large and complex estates including litigation with respect to those estates and correcting documents to optimize tax efficiencies.
It's necessary for those with many assets, and those with few. It's necessary for single people and married couples, with kids and without. Too many people think estate planning is for "someone else." But the reality is that estate planning is for everyone. It's not about your death, it's about the lives of those you love. We use a unique life-stage approach to estate planning; we consider your needs...
Attorney Bose is a Virginia trial attorney. He served as a police officer in Prince George's County, Maryland (MNCPP). During his tenure on the midnight shift in this difficult policing environment, he obtained invaluable insight into the world of drugs, gangs and violent crime. He obtained advanced training in Interview and Interrogation, DUI detection and arrest, counter-intelligence, firearms armory, drug interdiction, and negotiation. These skills combined with his experience as in-house General Counsel for a government contractor in Northern Virginia produce proven results for clients involved in various legal matters. The Bose Law Firm, PLLC formed...
The legal team at Webb & Morton has seen it all. We have helped countless taxpayers, business owners and families answer some of life’s most difficult questions. We are a small boutique law firm focusing on tax defense and compliance, asset protection, business law and corporate planning, wills, trusts and probate, and trust management. We are a progressive law firm, believing that the best solutions emerge from hard work and the re-engineering tried and true ideas. Law firms can no longer rely only on institutional knowledge – they must also innovate and inspire.
Jean Galloway Ball is certified in Elder Law by the National Elder Law Foundation. She does life care and estate planning: preparing powers of attorney, Wills and Trusts for seniors and their families. She assists families with planning for disabled adult children. She advises on families on planning for long term care expenses. She is a recognized litigator in the area of fiduciary litigation including guardianship, Will contests, trust administration, claims against estates, accounts from fiduciaries, undue influence and financial exploitation.
Foster Friedman concentrates on planning and controversy matters involving estate and trusts. He has extensive experience advising clients on the transfer of wealth from one generation to another, including the orderly and tax-efficient succession of family-owned businesses, through the preparation and implementation of Wills, Trusts, Family Limited Partnerships and Limited Liability Companies.
Rhonda Miller is a partner with Dunlap, Bennett & Ludwig, PLLC, working out of their Vienna, Leesburg and Pasadena offices where she concentrates on sophisticated estate planning including special needs trusts, asset protection trusts, spousal lifetime access trusts, charitable remainder trust, qualified small business trusts and other trust used to minimize or eliminate capital gains and estate tax. In addition, she focuses on administering large and complex estates including litigation with respect to those estates and correcting documents to optimize tax efficiencies.
Virginia does not have a separate probate court. The will should be probated in the Circuit Court of the city or county where the decedent resided or where the decedent owned real estate; or if none, where the decedent owned any real estate; or if none, where the decedent died or has any estate. If the decedent died in a nursing home or similar institution, then that person's residence is presumed to be where he or she resided prior to becoming a patient at such home.
Usually, the Clerk of the Circuit Court or a deputy clerk handles the probate of wills and the Circuit Court judge is not involved. (Virginia Code Annotated §64.1-77) However, any person interested in the will may appeal to a judge within six months of the order of the clerk admitting a will to probate. (Virginia Code Annotated §64.1-78)
A person dies testate if they left a will. A person dies intestate if they do not have a valid will at the time of death. If a person dies intestate, then the laws of the Commonwealth of Virginia, in effect at the time of death, determine who the heirs are and hence who receives the decedent's property.
Probably the most important duty is to ascertain and take possession of the deceased person's property over which the executor or administrator has responsibility or control. Further, the fiduciary (executor or administrator) must determine the liabilities (debts) of the estate and determine the value of the estate over which the fiduciary does not have control (for tax-accounting reasons). Further, the fiduciary must see to the payment of debts of the deceased and the estate (including taxes) and the sale or distribution of the property of the estate in accordance with the dictates of the will and Virginia law. Generally, the fiduciary must file a complete inventory for the estate within four months of qualification with the Commissioner of Accounts. The Commissioner of Accounts is a local person (generally an attorney) appointed by the Circuit Court to oversee and to ensure that estates are properly handled. The fiduciary must also give written notice of qualification or probate to the heirs and beneficiaries of the estate or those who would have been the heirs, within thirty days after qualification or probate.
If a person dies without a will, Virginia law provides a course of descendants as follows (after payment of funeral expenses, debts and cost of administration).
Further, the fiduciary (executor or administrator) must determine the liabilities (debts) of the estate and determine the value of the estate over which the fiduciary does not have control (for tax-accounting reasons). Further, the fiduciary must see to the payment of debts of the deceased and the estate ...
The administration of an estate generally requires a fair amount of time and energy. Compensation is allowed. The Commissioner of Accounts must approve the compensation.