A plain-language reference to estate planning in Pennsylvania: the core documents, how wills work, intestate succession, powers of attorney, probate through the Register of Wills, and the state inheritance tax.
An orientation to estate planning in New York, the core documents, what makes a will valid, intestate succession, Surrogate’s Court probate, incapacity planning, and the state estate tax.
A plain-language reference to estate planning in Illinois: wills, intestate succession, trusts, transfer-on-death tools, powers of attorney, and the state estate tax, each linked to the governing statute.
A plain-language guide to estate planning in Florida: how wills, trusts, powers of attorney, and health care directives work, plus homestead rules, the spousal elective share, intestate succession, and probate.
A plain-language overview of estate planning in Texas: the wills, powers of attorney, advance directives, and trusts that decide who inherits your property and who makes decisions if you cannot.
A plain-language overview of estate planning in California: wills, living trusts, powers of attorney, health care directives, probate, small-estate transfers, and the state’s estate-tax rules, with links to the Probate Code and the courts’ self-help center.