Author: Brent Coldiron
ASLEEP AT THE SWITCH
When someone is asleep at the switch something terrible happens. Usually a catastrophe. That is exactly what happened to this
A WILL CANNOT PROHIBIT THE SALE OF PROPERTY IN PERPETUITY
The recent Oklahoma case of In the Matter of the Estate of Stolba, 2019 OK CIV APP 43, involved a
HEIRS ACTING WITH MALICE
It sometimes happens that disappointed heirs will use the legal system for their own gain and sometimes vengeful purposes. If
HEIRS MAY BE DISINHERITED THROUGH YOUR TRUST AND WILL UNDER OKLAHOMA LAW
If done properly your heirs, with the exception of your spouse, may be disinherited under Oklahoma law. This principal was
ACCIDENTS WILL HAPPEN BUT NOT WITH A WELL DESIGNED TRUST AND WILL
There are as many kinds of accidents that cause injury to people as there are people. While such activities as
PROTECTING THE MARITAL ELECTIVE SHARE THROUGH PROBATE
The public policy in Oklahoma is to protect the share of the estate that must be left to the surviving
OKLAHOMA LIVING WILL OR ADVANCE DIRECTIVE FOR HEALTH CARE
THE OKLAHOMA ADVANCE DIRECTIVE This is from an outline where I spoke about the Oklahoma living will or advance directive.
PROBATE MAY BE FILED IN A COUNTY OTHER THAN WHERE THE DECEDENT RESIDED
THE APPELLANT COURT RULED THAT A PROBATE FILED IN A COUNTY OTHER THAN WHERE THE OKLAHOMA DECEDENT LIVED HAD JURISDICTION
Can you be disqualified to be a probate executor?
58 Oklahoma Statutes, Section 126 provides for the qualification of a probate executor: No person is competent to serve as