Blogs for Edmondson Law, PLLC

Has Your Mother or Father Passed On  Without a Will in Place? Has your mother and father died without leaving the final Will and Testament? If they have, it is a very common problem. The issue is that this could potentially be a very big headache for you. A final Will...

What Is a Trust? A Trust is something that many people have heard of before but perhaps don’t really know or understand what it is. The first thing to realize about a Trust is that it is a legal agreement between three different parties. The first is the Trust maker,...

How Is Your Will Looking? So how is your Will looking? Do you even have a Will? When was the last time you looked at your Will? Or updated your Will for that matter? All of these are fundamental questions that you have to ask yourself. You might think that you’re...

An Executor and the Power Of Attorney Estate planning is complicated. There are all sorts of terms and procedures that must be known and followed in order to ensure a legally binding document that will ensure that your estate is taken care of as you see fit. One...

Having That Difficult Conversation No one wants to have that hard conversation. You know the one I’m talking about, the one you have with your spouse, children, your brothers or sisters, or your close friends. Death is a scary thing that no one wants to think about....

Estate Planning Mistakes There are a countless number of legal strategies you might want to consider when putting together an estate plan. And there are a few "must have" estate planning documents you should create such as a will, a health care directive, financial...

Do You Really Need a Will? So, most of you reading this are probably in your forties and fifties and have the rest of your life in front of you. Still being so young you are probably thinking, “Do I need a will?” You may feel that you still have several years of life...

Muniment of Title A Muniment of Title is primarily a legal document that shows the ownership of an asset. This word derived from the Latin phrase munimentum which means: written evidence of title to property. This would include titles, deeds, Wills, and even court...

Letter of Testamentary A Letter of Testamentary is essentially a document that is issued by the court or public official authorizing the executor of the will to obtain control of the deceased’s estate. So, what is this mean exactly? It means that it’s legal proof that...

So What Is a Probate of the Estate? What is a probate estate all about? Essentially a probate estate is all of the assets that a person owns at the time of his or her death are subject to probate administration. Probate administration is essentially the process of...