Cryptocurrency estate planning

About the webinar Cryptocurrency is no longer a niche topic. More clients now hold digital assets, yet many will writers and estate planning professionals still feel unsure about how to identify them, discuss them properly,

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Most probate professionals work hard to ensure estates are administered correctly and beneficiaries receive what they’re entitled to. But the system is attractive to fraudsters: estates are time-sensitive, heirs are often unaware, and once assets

Fraser and Fraser, a leading genealogy and international probate research firm, recently completed a unique and heart-warming case that bridged continents and generations. The firm successfully traced the family of Corporal David Kilgour Mitchell, a

Ad colligenda bona is a Latin term that refers to a legal process used to gather and manage the assets of the deceased person where there is no clear executor or administrator of their estate.

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A mother who spent a £455,000 inheritance that her son had left to someone else has been sentenced to more than three years in prison. Judge Julie Clemitson told Newcastle Crown Court that 56-year-old Kathryn

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In the past couple years, figures released by the ONS indicate the structures of UK families and households are continually changing shape. 30 years ago, a “traditional” family was the norm, with this family structure