Rachel Monroe Pennsylvania settles small estates through two statutory shortcuts: direct family payments under 20 Pa.C.S. § 3101 and the $50,000 orphans’ court small-estate petition under § 3102. Here is how each works and when full administration is still required.
How the Texas small estate affidavit works: the $75,000 limit, the 30-day wait, who has to sign, how a judge approves it, and when it can transfer a homestead.
New York authorized transfer on death deeds under Real Property Law § 424, effective July 19, 2024. Here is how the deed works, what makes it valid, how to revoke it, and what it does not protect against.
How New York’s small estate affidavit (voluntary administration) works: the $50,000 personal-property limit, who may serve as voluntary administrator, and how to file in Surrogate’s Court.
How Florida summary administration works: the $75,000 threshold, the two-year rule, who files the petition, creditor risk, and how the court transfers assets without a full probate.
A plain-language look at Texas lady bird (enhanced life estate) deeds: how they keep an owner in full control, pass property outside probate, interact with Medicaid estate recovery, and compare to the statutory transfer on death deed.
A plain-language guide to the Texas medical power of attorney: what it authorizes, who can act as your agent, how to sign it so it is valid, and how to revoke it.
A Texas transfer on death deed lets an owner name a beneficiary who inherits real property outside probate. Here are the statutory requirements, recording steps, revocation rules, and what happens at death.
How New York’s estate tax works: the 2026 basic exclusion amount, who has to file, the 3.06%–16% rate schedule, and the exemption cliff that taxes the entire estate once it passes 105% of the exclusion.
When Illinois requires a Form 700 estate tax return, how the $4 million exclusion cliff and 16% rate table work, and how the return is filed and paid.
A Florida lady bird deed, or enhanced life estate deed, lets an owner keep full control of real estate during life and pass it to named beneficiaries at death without probate. Here is how it works, what it costs to record, and how it interacts with homestead and Medicaid rules.
How Pennsylvania’s inheritance tax works: rates set by the heir’s relationship, what property is taxed and exempt, why there is no separate PA estate tax, and the nine-month filing and payment deadline.