WHO CAN SIGN A TRANSFER-ON-DEATH DEED
¶ The Oklahoma Appellant Court held in Estate of Jones v. Miller, 2025 OK CIV APP 29. that a Transfer-on-Death
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PROBATE VENUE IS IN THE COUNTY OF ONE’S PERMANENT RESIDENCE. LIVING IN ANOTHER COUNTY FOR MEDICAL CARE IS NOT AN ABANDONMENT OF ONE’S RESIDENCE.
An older gentleman lived in Johnson County, Oklahoma since 2018. Before 2018 he had lived in Oklahoma County. Four years
TRANSFER ON DEATH DEED AND WILL READ TOGETHER AS PROVING TESTATOR’S INTENT
The Appellant Court In The Matter of the Estate of Stites, 2020 OK CIV APP 51 held that when a
COURT DEFINES JOINT TRUST
The Oklahoma Supreme Court in Matter of Estate of Williams, 2023 OK 103 defined a Trust as follows: “A trust,
APPELLANT COURT UPHOLDS RIGHT TO DISINHERIT A CHILD
The appellant court ruled in Matter of Estate of Jones, 2023 OK CIV APP 48 that a general reference to
DIED WITHOUT A WILL
A young divorced father with two minor daughters was traveling on the Turner Turnpike in 2015. Tradegy happened that day.
FRAUD AND UNDUE INFLUENCE MAKING A WILL
WILL CHALLENGED FOR FRAUD AND UNDUE INFLUENCE ¶11 The standard treatise on Oklahoma probate law (citing cases from other jurisdictions)
IRA BENEFICIARY MAILBOX RULE
MAILBOX RULE PREVAILS ¶1 Appellees Jean Norris a/k/a Jeannie Norris, Carol Mikles, and Kenneth Hopcus (collectively Cousins) brought this action
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