Planning
Will or living trust? One family, worked both ways
The same house, the same accounts and the same three children, run through probate and then through a trust, with the costs and the months side by side.
Philippa Larkin7 min read
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Guides for planners and grown children
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ProbateYour parent has died. Here's the first month, week by week
What can wait, what can't, and the five papers to find before you call anyone, for the child named as executor.
Philippa Larkin6 min read
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