Probate

We’ve all seen it happen and heard the horror stories. The unfortunate examples of the unexpected happenings that devastate lives and ruin finances. And yet so many of us resist, or procrastinate the establishment of a will. We all know the inevitability of our mortality and yet it still seems that many Americans simply find…

Probate is the legal process used to settle a deceased person’s estate. The process is overseen by the judge of the probate court. In North Carolina, the probate judge is the Clerk of the Superior Court of the county in which the deceased had personal residence at the time of his death. The probate process…