At the risk of providing too much ” inside baseball” with this column, I am pleased to inform my readers that the probate and family court’s records are now online. Who cares about his news? If you ...

Wills serve as vital documents outlining the distribution of finances, possessions, and property after an individual’s passing. It’s common to wonder about the accessibility of this information and ...

A trust approaches those same goals with more flexibility and privacy. It can manage assets during life, after death, and even across generations. The differences are not technical details reserved ...

Wills contain important information about who receives money, possessions, and property upon a person’s death. Many often ask, who can view this information, and is it a public record? Once your will ...

Every Tuesday morning, Maureen Vire heads faithfully to Calhoun County Probate Court. She always has a stack of records waiting for her. Vire carefully opens the paper records and scans them into a ...

When researching your family history, do not narrow your search to only a male or female member of the family. With that approach, you might overlook helpful documents. Make a list of known brothers, ...

To a genealogist, probate is a beautiful thing. Merriam-Webster defines probate as follows: a) the action or process of proving before a competent judicial authority that a document offered for ...