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Overview
Creative Fixes for Derailments and Daily Hurdles
Handling probate cases sometimes feels like herding cats: beneficiaries fight over "unfair" distributions, lay executors mismanage estate assets, documents get lost and destroyed. This legal course is designed to help you tame the chaos. Come away with tips for speeding up the process, preventing interferences, and ensuring equitable distribution. Build your skills - register today!
- Explore seemingly minor conflicts that can drastically impact the efficiency of probate proceedings.
- Examine how estates are often mismanaged by family member executors (and what to do about it).
- Forestall common beneficiary complaints and prevent family feuds from derailing probate.
- Determine what to do with old debts and missing assets.
Abbreviated Agenda
- Real Property Issues: Family Cabins, Squatting Family Members, Vacation Property
- Disagreements Over the Executor's Role and Distributions
- Missing Personal Property, Special Bequests, and Items of Sentimental Value
- Lost and Imperfect Wills, Accusations of Diminished Capacity and Undue Influence
- Long-Running Family Feuds, Bickering Beneficiaries, and Surprise Heirs
- Old Debts and Lack of Transparency
Credit Details
Credits Available
| Credit | Status | Total |
|---|---|---|
| Alaska CLE |
|
3 Total |
| Alabama CLE |
|
3 Total |
| Arkansas CLE |
|
3 Total |
| Arizona CLE |
|
3 Total |
| California CLE |
|
3 Total |
| Colorado CLE |
|
4 Total |
| Connecticut CLE |
|
3 Total |
| Delaware CLE |
|
3 Total |
| Florida CLE |
|
3.5 Total |
| Georgia CLE |
|
3 Total |
| Hawaii CLE |
|
3 Total |
| Iowa CLE |
|
3 Total |
| Illinois CLE |
|
3 Total |
| Indiana CLE |
|
3 Total |
| Kansas CLE |
|
3.5 Total |
| Kentucky CLE |
|
3 Total |
| Maine CLE |
|
3 Total |
| Minnesota CLE |
|
3 Total |
| Missouri CLE |
|
3.6 Total |
| Northern Mariana Islands CLE |
|
3 Total |
| Mississippi CLE |
|
3 Total |
| Montana CLE |
|
3 Total |
| North Carolina CLE |
|
3 Total |
| North Dakota CLE |
|
3 Total |
| Nebraska CLE |
|
3 Total |
| New Hampshire CLE |
|
3 Total |
| New Jersey CLE |
|
3.6 Total |
| New Mexico CLE |
|
3 Total |
| Nevada CLE |
|
3 Total |
| New York CLE |
|
3.5 Total |
| Ohio CLE |
|
3 Total |
| Oklahoma CLE |
|
3.5 Total |
| Oregon CLE |
|
3 Total |
| Pennsylvania CLE |
|
3 Total |
| Rhode Island CLE |
|
3.5 Total |
| South Carolina CLE |
|
3 Total |
| Tennessee CLE |
|
3 Total |
| Texas CLE |
|
3 Total |
| Utah CLE |
|
3 Total |
| Virginia CLE |
|
3 Total |
| Vermont CLE |
|
3 Total |
| Washington CLE |
|
3 Total |
| Wisconsin CLE |
|
3.5 Total |
| West Virginia CLE |
|
3.6 Total |
| Wyoming CLE |
|
3 Total |
| Arizona CPE for Accountants |
|
3.5 Total |
| New York CPE for Accountants |
|
3.5 Total |
| Washington CPE for Accountants |
|
3.5 Total |
| Wisconsin CPE for Accountants |
|
3.6 Total |
| CPE for Accountants/NASBA |
|
3.5 Total |
Select Jurisdiction
CLE
Other
Agenda
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Real Property Issues: Family Cabins, Squatting Family Members, Vacation Property
-
Disagreements Over the Executor's Role and Distributions
-
Missing Personal Property, Special Bequests, and Items of Sentimental Value
-
Lost and Imperfect Wills, Accusations of Diminished Capacity and Undue Influence
-
Long-Running Family Feuds, Bickering Beneficiaries, and Surprise Heirs
-
Old Debts and Lack of Transparency
Who Should Attend
This legal guide is designed for attorneys. Accountants, fiduciaries, and paralegals will also benefit.
Speakers
Speaker bio
Elizabeth H. Johnson
is a senior associate with Spence Law Group where she focuses on the areas of estate, trust, and fiduciary litigation, as well as estate administration, and probate law. She is a member of Baltimore County Bar Association, Anne Arundel Bar Association, Maryland State Bar Association, as well as Association of Certified Fraud Examiners, International Association of Document Examiners, Anne Arundel Estate Planning Counsel, and Baltimore County Provider Council (professional community dedicated to improving lives of older adults). Ms. Johnson earned both her B.A. and J.D. degrees from the University of Illinois. She is admitted to practice in the state of Maryland.
Speaker bio
Louis A. Silverman
is an attorney at Praesidium Law, PLLC, where he practices in the areas of estate planning, estate administration, probate law, and related matters. Mr. Silverman is board-certified in estate and trust law by the State Bar of Arizona. His practice emphasizes estate planning, which includes wills and trusts and other estate planning devices; and trust administration and probate, which includes death probate, guardianship, and conservatorship. Mr. Silverman has served as judge pro tem on the Maricopa County Superior Court. He is a member of WealthCounsel, and is a past member of the Elder Law, Mental Health and Special Needs Planning Section of the State Bar of Arizona. Mr. Silverman is a board member emeritus of the Sonoran University of Health Sciences, past president of the Board of Directors of Tempe Leadership and past president of Tempe Community Action Agency. He earned his B.S. degree in business from Arizona State University and his J.D. degree from South Texas College of Law in Houston. Mr. Silverman is admitted to practice in the state courts of Arizona and Texas, U.S. District Court for Arizona and Western District of Texas.
Speaker bio
Barbara Lohr Van Sant
is the principal of the Omaha law firm of Barbara Lohr Van Sant PC LLO. Ms. Van Sant practices in the areas of estate planning, elder law probate, real estate law, bankruptcy law and municipal law. She has been an instructor at the College of St. Mary, Metro Community College, Bellevue College in Nebraska and Citrus Community College in Florida. Ms. Van Sant is a member of the Nebraska Bar Association (Real Estate, Probate and Bankruptcy sections). She earned her B.A. degree at Creighton University and her J.D. degree at Creighton University School of Law.
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