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The Curious Bag
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The law profession is specialized in this day and age. There are very few attorneys that engage in a general legal practice. One segment of the legal profession is that made up of probate attorneys. If you have an estate, will, trust or other related matter to deal with, you need to understand what a probate lawyer does.
Function
A probate lawyer's primary function is to represent clients before probate court. A probate lawyer also is heavily involved in drafting legal documents like wills and trusts.
Types
Some probate lawyer specialize even further. For example, there are probate attorneys that specialize in establishing trusts while others are involved in dealing with the estates of deceased men and women.
Misconceptions
The most common misconception about a probate lawyer is that she only deals with matters involving deceased people. Most probate lawyers handle tasks like creating trusts and establishing guardianships for living people every day.
Identification
Many probate attorneys establish firms that exclusively handle probate-related matters. Other firms maintain a probate law department.
Benefits
Probate law is very complicated. Therefore, if you have a probate matter to address, your interests are best served by retaining the services of an experienced probate lawyer.
Source:
"Estate & Trust Administration for Dummies;" Margaret Atkins Munro & Kathryn A. Murphy; 2008
"The Complete Probate Guide;" Martin M. Shenkman; 1999
American Bar Association: Section of Real Property, Trust and Estate Law
Resource:
Uniform Probate Code
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