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Executor Versus Administrator: What’s the Difference?
The average person finds most legal terms confusing and I certainly understand why. Two of the most commonly misunderstood legal terms in the probate world are executor and administrator. I’ll...
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Creditors’ Claims Against a Decedent’s Estate
When a person dies, the settlement of their estate falls under the jurisdiction of the Probate Court in the town that person lived in at the time of their death. The person who dies is known as the...
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What to Do AFTER You Legally Change Your Name
People change their last names for a variety of reasons: marriage and divorce being the most common. Sometimes, people change their last names (or entire names) because they either don’t like the...
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Be Careful How You Title Your Bank Accounts for Estate Purposes
One of the most common problems I face with clients handling the estate of a deceased loved one concerns bank accounts and other financial instruments. In the cases to which I refer, a parent dies...
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What is Considered Probate Property for a Decedent’s Estate?
When a Connecticut resident dies, his or her estate is handled by the Probate Courts in the town in which that person lived at the time of death. There is often confusion about what property is...
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Connecticut Probate Courts to Implement New Policy on Confidentiality of...
On July 1, 2012, the Connecticut Probate Practice Book will add an important new policy provision aimed at safeguarding social security numbers and employer identification numbers. Section 9 provides,...
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What Happens to Our Social Media Passwords When We Die?
With social media usage on a steady rise, it is likely that more and more of us will leave behind a slew of social media accounts when we die. It’s not news that loved ones want to access your social...
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Bequests: Leaving Specific Gifts in Your Will
A Last Will and Testament – or Will – is a document that allows you to designate how your estate will pass after your death. Your lawyer will draft different clauses in your Will that are required to...
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Planning for Probate: Where’s the Deed to the House?
I had a conversation with a friend last night about the inevitability of death. We had been discussing her decision to inquire about pre-paid funeral plans and the Probate lawyer in me started running...
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How Does Your Spouse Adopt Your Biological Child in Connecticut?
I often receive calls from people who tell me that they are the biological parent of a child and they want to know how their spouse can legally adopt that child. In most cases, they explain that the...
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