Probate gets a bad reputation, and honestly, a lot of it is deserved. It’s not the end of the world when an estate goes through it. But it’s slow, it costs money, and it plays out in a courtroom rather than quietly within the family. Most people, once they understand...
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Most people spend time thinking about their financial accounts, real estate, and investments when putting together an estate plan. The sentimental stuff, grandma’s china, dad’s watch collection, the handmade quilt that’s been in the family for generations, often gets overlooked entirely. And that’s where a lot of family disputes start....
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Being hit by a car changes everything fast. Medical bills start arriving before you’ve even finished processing what happened. You’re missing work. You’re in pain. And somewhere in the middle of all that, you’re supposed to figure out whether to file a claim and what it might even be worth....
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Transcript: 00:00:01 If you and your spouse are trying to get a divorce and you present your spouse with a plan to resolve the issues before the court, meaning the division of the assets, the division of the debts, if you have children, what that parenting schedule and plan...
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Transcript: 00:00:00 How long it takes to get a divorce in Tennessee really depends on a number of factors. If you agree on everything before the court and sign a marital dissolution agreement and a parenting plan order and you have an uncontested, irreconcilable differences divorce without children, the...
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Transcript: 00:00:00 So, in Tennessee, you have to have resided within the state for at least six months in order to qualify for filing a divorce in Tennessee. So long as the grounds did not occur here, if you reside in Tennessee for a month or two and you...
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Transcript: 00:00:00 In Tennessee, if you have a child during your marriage and you go through the divorce process, or if you have a child out of wedlock and you have a separate proceeding, the court is going to look to… 00:00:14 a parenting plan or a custody order that...
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Transcript. If you have an executor that lives out of state, it’ll be dependent on the state’s requirements, the state’s laws, on whether an out-of-state executor can serve. In Tennessee, out-of-state executors are allowed to serve as personal representatives of one’s estate, but there may be additional requirements based on...
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Transcript: There are a few ways you can handle sentimental family items in your estate plan. The first way would be to establish or create a personal property memorandum. A personal property memorandum is a simple document that specifies which of your personal items goes to which beneficiaries. That personal...
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Transcript: 00:00:00 Once an estate has been opened in court, the personal representative is required to notify all known or reasonably ascertainable creditors. The personal representative is also required to notify any unknown creditors. And this is done by producing a notice to creditors that is then published in...
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