by Knee Law | Aug 30, 2026 | Probate Administration
The family finds a bank key inside a kitchen cabinet after a parent dies. No one knows which bank issued it, whether the box is still active, or what it holds. One child wants to visit every local branch, while another insists that the key should stay hidden until the...
by Knee Law | Aug 28, 2026 | Probate Administration
A painting hangs in a New Jersey home for thirty years, and everyone calls it “Aunt Rose’s picture.” After the homeowner dies, a niece says Rose loaned it to the family and never gave it away. The will leaves the home’s contents to someone else, while an...
by Knee Law | Jun 4, 2023 | Probate, Probate Administration
Tips for Avoiding Ancillary Probate in Your Estate Bequeaths In the United States, about 7.15 million single-family houses are second or vacation homes. This accounts for just over 5% of the American housing stock, and these houses often complicate the distribution of...
by Knee Law | Jun 30, 2021 | Probate, Probate Administration
How the Probate Process Handles Debts If your loved one has recently died and has left property, a mortgage, and some debts, it’s likely that the estate would be taken through the probate process. In 2016, only 44% of people in the U.S. had created an estate...
by Knee Law | Apr 29, 2021 | Probate Administration
Duties Commonly Performed by an Executor If you’ve been thinking about making a will, you will need to determine who will be the executor. Despite the importance of creating a will, less than 33% of people in the U.S. have done. When you want to prepare a will...
by Knee Law | Jul 15, 2019 | Probate, Probate Administration
Debts and Taxes | Distribution of Assets and Closing of the Estate In the first blog in the series, we looked at the requirement that the executor or administrator must be formally appointed by the surrogate court, and briefly discussed the obligations with respect to...
