This area of the law concerns itself with decedents' estates, both with wills and without wills, guardianships of children and adult incompetents, and conservatorships of the estates of such persons. While some probate court actions are adversarial in nature the great bulk of them are administrative.
Other important areas of probate practice are concerned with interpretation of wills and trusts and the reformation of trusts. A will contest, that is litigation to determine the validity of a will, is also the province of the probate practitioner.
Probate practitioners are usually estate planning attorneys as well.
John A. Scott has over 30 years of experience working in the area of Probate law . Diane Kuhn Huff has 10 years experience working in the area of trust, estate, and elder law. Link to our monthly newsletter or look over her Curriculum Vitae to find out more about her areas of expertise. Please read one of the articles John has written or look over his Curriculum Vitae to find out more about his areas of expertise.
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