The Dana name has become the symbol of a quality Estate Plan in Arizona. It has taken over 34 years to develop and continues to strive for excellence in the Estate Planning community. At its core is Estate Planning lawyer Matt Dana. [Learn more about Matt]
Life Insurance by definition is supposed to payout, at your death, to the “Primary Beneficiary”, simply by showing a Death Certificate and without the need for Probate. Four critical questions: 1) Why do some Life Insurance Polices end up in Probate? 2) Who will ultimately end up with the proceeds of the Life Insurance Policy? 3) […]
What is Probate? It is a process that is overseen by a Court to settle the affairs of a deceased person by which the validity of the Will is determined, the creditors of the Estate are paid, Taxes are paid and finally the assets are passed from the decedent to the beneficiaries named in the […]
This is a very common question that I have encountered in my 38 years of practicing in the area of Probate. There are many reasons why there may be a Will that you are not named in. The most common scenario is that the decedent had a Will that he or she executed prior to […]
Unless you have been living on another Planet of late, you have been seeing the rise of finance companies in all phases of life, cars, houses, and in litigation and legal controversies. As a lawyer, I started seeing it maybe 15 to 20 years ago when I first noticed it in Commercial Litigation cases to […]
