by admin | Jan 21, 2026 | Probate
When someone dies, what happens to the things they owned — their house, savings, retirement accounts, family heirlooms? The answer is not always straightforward. Some assets must go through a legal process called probate, which can be slow, expensive, and public....
by admin | Oct 3, 2025 | Probate
You’ve probably heard the term probate—maybe in passing, on an episode of Law and Order, or around the office watercooler when a co-worker started sweating over how much it might cost them. But for most families, the first time they see what probate really means is...
by admin | Apr 27, 2022 | Probate
Unless you’ve created an estate plan that works to keep your family out of court, when you die (or become incapacitated) many of your assets must go through probate before those assets can be distributed to your heirs. Like most court proceedings, probate can be...
by admin | Apr 15, 2022 | Probate
Unless you’ve created a proper estate plan, when you die many of your assets must first pass through the court process known as probate before those assets can be distributed to your heirs. Like most court proceedings, probate can be time-consuming, costly, and open...
by admin | Sep 14, 2021 | Probate
On November 27th, nine days after being pulled unconscious from a house fire in a beachfront home in New London, Connecticut, Tony Hsieh, the former CEO of the online shoe retailer Zappos, died due to complications of smoke inhalation. Hsieh, who was single and had no...
by admin | Sep 14, 2021 | Probate
Last week in part one of this series, we discussed how Hsieh became an Internet pioneer, starting two wildly successful companies, LinkExchange and Zappos, the latter of which he sold to Amazon for $1.2 billion. It was as CEO of the online shoe brand Zappos where...
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