A will speaks only at death. It offers no help if someone becomes ill or is unable to manage finances. Separate documents, such as a durable power of attorney, must fill that gap. A living trust names ...

Wills serve as vital documents outlining the distribution of finances, possessions, and property after an individual’s passing. It’s common to wonder about the accessibility of this information and ...

At the risk of providing too much ” inside baseball” with this column, I am pleased to inform my readers that the probate and family court’s records are now online. Who cares about his news? If you ...

Wills contain important information about who receives money, possessions, and property upon a person’s death. Many often ask, who can view this information, and is it a public record? Once your will ...

When researching your family history, do not narrow your search to only a male or female member of the family. With that approach, you might overlook helpful documents. Make a list of known brothers, ...

Every Tuesday morning, Maureen Vire heads faithfully to Calhoun County Probate Court. She always has a stack of records waiting for her. Vire carefully opens the paper records and scans them into a ...

To a genealogist, probate is a beautiful thing. Merriam-Webster defines probate as follows: a) the action or process of proving before a competent judicial authority that a document offered for ...