COURT DEFINES JOINT TRUST
The Oklahoma Supreme Court in Matter of Estate of Williams, 2023 OK 103 defined a Trust as follows: “A trust,
Category: Wills and Trusts
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
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
INHERITANCE FROM THE BIOLOGICAL FATHER BY ILLEGITIMATE CHILDREN
OKLAHOMA IS STRICT. IN ORDER FOR A CHILD BORN OUT OF WEDLOCK TO INHERIT FROM THE BIOLOGICAL FATHER IT MUST
WILL CONTESTANT HAS BURDEN OF PERSUASION
Testamentary capacity, or the ability to make a will, exists when a person has, in a general way, the faculty
IS YOUR WILL SELF-PROVEN
Under Oklahoma law a person making a will, called a testator or testatrix, is permitted to follow the Oklahoma statute