Discovering that your loved one’s trusted caregiver exploited or took advantage of your loved one’s finances can be a devastating blow to you and your family, especially if your loved one has since passed. It may seem inconceivable that someone would want to abuse a position of trust for their own gain, but unfortunately…

People often think of the Ohio probate process as a means whereby a decedent’s property can be distributed to heirs and beneficiaries of the decedent in an orderly manner. While this is true, this understanding overlooks the fact that a decedent’s creditors must also have an opportunity to have their lawful claims satisfied before…

The executor or administrator of an Ohio estate occupies a powerful office. Specifically, the executor or administrator is charged with wrapping up the affairs of a decedent and following the decedent’s wishes (or the law, if the decedent died intestate) in distributing estate property. Depending on the size of the estate and the interest…

Whether true or not (likely somewhere in between these two extremes), many individuals believe that hiring and retaining the services of an experienced and knowledgeable Sheffield Village will contest attorney requires the expenditure of large sums of money. To combat this, it is not uncommon for heirs and/or beneficiaries who seek to challenge the…