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Probate, Guardianships and Estate Planning for Oklahoma

What Is Probate Court?In Oklahoma County and some of the other larger counties in the state, there are designated judges...
05/22/2026

What Is Probate Court?
In Oklahoma County and some of the other larger counties in the state, there are designated judges whose days are filled with hearing probate cases. These judges are tasked with learning the details of the law and applying those laws very strictly to the cases involving deceased people, the assets they left behind, and potentially the claims of any creditors.

Learn more here: https://www.probate.expert/contested-probate-cases-in-oklahoma/

Can There Be Litigation When There Is A Trust?Yes, there can be litigation even when there is a trust. The people who ar...
05/15/2026

Can There Be Litigation When There Is A Trust?

Yes, there can be litigation even when there is a trust. The people who are the heirs-at-law or even beneficiaries under a trust may bring litigation to determine whether the trust document was signed by the deceased person at a time that the person had capacity to enter into such an agreement. In Oklahoma, a trust is considered to be a contract. Therefore, the person executing the trust must have sufficient capacity to enter into a contract. If the trustor was suffering from the effects of disease or even under the influence of serious medication when the trust was signed, it is reasonably possible that a dissatisfied person could bring litigation in an attempt to set aside that trust document.

Learn more here: https://www.probate.expert/family-estate-planning-and-probate/can-there-be-litigation-when-there-is-a-trust/

How Is The Validity Of A Will Or A Trust Determined?When there is a contest concerning a will or a trust, there will be ...
05/06/2026

How Is The Validity Of A Will Or A Trust Determined?
When there is a contest concerning a will or a trust, there will be a presumption that a submitted document is valid. A person or persons desiring to contest the documents should put on evidence as to why they believe that the will or the trust is not valid. Such evidence might be in the form of expert witness testimony, such as physicians identifying the decedent’s medical conditions and how those conditions affected his or her mental capacity. The evidence might also be in the form of lay witnesses who are not medical experts of any sort, but who interacted with the decedent during his or her lifetime, presumably close in time to the signing of the last will and testament.

Learn more here: https://www.probate.expert/family-estate-planning-and-probate/how-is-the-validity-of-a-will-or-a-trust-determined/

What Is Probate Litigation?Probation litigation is the name given to all of the litigation that can occur during a proba...
04/23/2026

What Is Probate Litigation?
Probation litigation is the name given to all of the litigation that can occur during a probate case. A few examples of probate litigation include the following: (1) A determination of whether a testator’s last will and testament is in fact a valid document (2) A determination of whether the decedent was competent when he or she signed their purported last will and testament (3) Litigation concerning who should serve as the executor (4) Whether the debts that are claimed to be owed by the deceased person are actually and rightfully owed (5) Whether the personal representative of the estate has properly managed the decedent’s assets and final affairs. Generally speaking, probate litigation is the name given to many of the different kinds of disputes that can arise during a probate case.

Learn more here: https://www.probate.expert/family-estate-planning-and-probate/what-is-probate-litigation/

Do You Need An Attorney For Probate?It is at least theoretically possible for a non-attorney to complete an Oklahoma pro...
04/16/2026

Do You Need An Attorney For Probate?
It is at least theoretically possible for a non-attorney to complete an Oklahoma probate successfully. Unfortunately, it is not particularly easy, nor is it particularly quick. Further, the risk of creating a title problem for any real estate that belonged to the diseased person is very high. If that should occur, the cost to repair that problem would be greater than the cost to do the probate correctly with the attorney’s assistance from the very beginning. Therefore, since most attorneys who do not practice probate should not, and mostly will not, handle a probate on their own, I would suggest that non-attorneys should also not attempt to handle a probate without the guidance of a well-qualified probate attorney.

Learn more here: https://www.probate.expert/family-estate-planning-and-probate/do-you-need-an-attorney-for-probate/

Should I Consider A Special Needs Trust For My Child?This is a very important question. I would suggest that all of us n...
04/14/2026

Should I Consider A Special Needs Trust For My Child?
This is a very important question. I would suggest that all of us need to consider a special needs trust for our children even if they do not have any disabilities. The truth of the matter is we don’t know what tomorrow holds for our children. They may be healthy or they may not. They may be thriving in business or they may be suffering from a serious setback that we never expected. For these reasons, I strongly suggest that every estate plan include a provision that allows the trustee or the executor to create a special needs trust in the event that a beneficiary is incapacitated or appears to be insignificant danger of becoming incapacitated.

Learn more here: https://www.probate.expert/family-estate-planning-and-probate/should-i-consider-a-special-needs-trust-for-my-child/

Do I Need A Partition?My three siblings and I inherited real property and one of them refuses to sell or help pay the ta...
04/01/2026

Do I Need A Partition?

My three siblings and I inherited real property and one of them refuses to sell or help pay the taxes; is a partition my only option?
Sound familiar? Partitions are often the by-product of one’s failure to make an estate plan, but are sometimes also the result of a poorly-created estate plan.
Sometimes well-meaning parents create estate plans that are almost guaranteed to result in the filing of a partition action. A single parent, hoping to help her children avoid probate, adds all three of her children to the deed on her homestead or executes a Transfer on Death deed, naming all three. Upon her passing, the children now own the homestead equally, as either joint tenants or tenants in common, each one entitled to possess, use, and enjoy the land.

Learn more here: https://www.probate.expert/do-i-need-a-partition/

Advanced Estate Planning – You’ve worked hard your whole life to provide for your family and make your loved ones more s...
03/24/2026

Advanced Estate Planning – You’ve worked hard your whole life to provide for your family and make your loved ones more secure. Without advanced estate planning strategies, much of the significant assets you have accumulated may end up with the IRS and state taxing authorities.

My firm regularly assists affluent families with such sophisticated planning strategies as Family Limited Partnerships or Limited Liability Companies, Personal Residence Trusts, Irrevocable Life Insurance Trusts and a wide range of charitable gifting techniques to reduce Federal Estate Taxes, Gift Taxes and Generation-Skipping Transfer Taxes.

Learn more here: https://wintersfirm.com/advanced-estate-planning/

What Is The Process Of Creating A Will?The most important and sometimes the only person involved in creating a will, is ...
03/24/2026

What Is The Process Of Creating A Will?
The most important and sometimes the only person involved in creating a will, is the testator themself. Secondly, in most situations, it is very important that the testator works with an attorney who is very knowledgeable in estate planning issues in order to create a will. Most testators do not know the importance of issues like forced spousal sharing or an unintentionally omitted child or the appropriate persons to serve as witnesses for the will. Therefore, the guidance of an attorney is almost always terrifically important.

Learn more here: https://www.probate.expert/wills-and-trusts/what-is-the-process-of-creating-a-will/

Trusts – Trusts are an essential part of a complete estate plan. While many people are under the impression that you nee...
03/13/2026

Trusts – Trusts are an essential part of a complete estate plan. While many people are under the impression that you need to have a large estate to benefit from setting up a trust, the reality is that trusts can create security for assets of any size.

Navigating trust law and your legal options can be a dizzying ordeal. Luckily, Trust Lawyer Gerald Winters has over 20 years of experience in the field and is ready to answer any concerns you may have.

Learn more here: https://wintersfirm.com/trusts/

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