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
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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)
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
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
HOMESTEAD RIGHT OF SURVIVING SPOUSE TO POSSESS AND OCCUPY RESIDENCE
A surviving spouse has the absolute right to claim a homestead right to occupy and live rent free in the
TRUST AND WILL NO CONTEST CLAUSES
The Oklahoma Court of Civil Appeals further defined what legal actions violate a forfeiture clause in a Trust. In Calhoon