A family member dies and you were named executor in the decedent’s will. So you go to the decedent’s bank to take out funds to pay funeral costs and other expenses, bringing the original will and the ...

We constantly hear from advisors that we should plan our affairs in such a way as to avoid probate. What does the phrase mean and what property is subject to the probate process? What planning is ...

This undated public document from Massachusetts probate records provided by ancestry.com, shows a portion of Paul Revere's will. A three-year digitization project by the genealogical research firm ...

For the last four decades the Library-Archives Division of the Wisconsin Historical Society has been working on collecting, processing, and scanning probate records from across Wisconsin for the ...

Chas Rampenthal expects to get more business in the wake of Michael Jackson’s death, but he doesn’t peddle CDs, posters or celebrity memorabilia. Rampenthal sells online wills. And as general counsel ...

It’s been possible to create wills online for quite some time, but the thing is that after you create a will, you probably have to get it notarized — when a government official, a notary, verifies ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Christine Fletcher writes about managing trusts and estates. E-wills are coming. The ability to create, sign and store a will ...

SANTA MONICA, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Wills.com today announced the launch of its online estate planning platform dedicated to providing secure, affordable, fast, and easy-to-complete wills.

BOSTON — Paul Revere left all his household furniture to an unmarried daughter. Harriet Beecher Stowe bequeathed her stock in several railroads and a Florida orange grove to her son. Daniel Webster ...

Every wonder what Paul Revere, Eli Witney, and other famous historical figures gave away in their wills? Ancestry.com now has the answer. A new feature launched by the family history website ...

Boston • Paul Revere left all his household furniture to an unmarried daughter. Harriet Beecher Stowe bequeathed her stock in several railroads and a Florida orange grove to her son. Daniel Webster ...