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What Drives Up the Cost of Probate?

dpl_admin2024-01-05T13:30:48+00:00January 5th, 2024|Tags: David Pyke, Estate Planning, Probate, Probate Estate, Pyke & Associates|

Our firm mission is to take the fear and unpredictability out of probate, and the other services we provide. Despite our best efforts, the word "probate" works as a bogeyman that causes some to shake with irrational fear. The concern is that probate will significantly deplete an estate, usually by increased legal fees. First, here [...]

What is A Probate Estate?

The word "estate" can mean different things. To some, it means what you own. To the Internal Revenue Service, it is the property of the decedent subject to estate tax. To a probate attorney, it means those assets that are transferred by the Last Will and Testament. We call that the “probate estate.” Doesn’t a [...]