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Tag Archives: Anne Arundel Estate Planning

How to Pass Your Maryland Rental Property to Your Heirs Without Probate

Many Maryland property owners wrongly assume that their rental property must go through probate when they pass away. The reality is that there are estate planning tools that allow the transfer of ownership outside of probate.   On approach is to create a company and retitle the property into the company. This can also provide […]

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Can a Non-United States Citizen Serve as a Trustee for a Maryland Trust?

The short answer is yes. Maryland law does not require that a trustee to be a U.S. citizen. According to the Maryland Trust Act, there are only four requirements for a person to qualify as a trustee: They must be 18 years of age, willing to accept the appointment, competent to act within the role, […]

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Best Ways to Preemptively Avoid a Will Contest

While anyone can contest your will after you have passed away, there are several things you can do to prevent them from succeeding.   The first and best way to avoid a will contest is to establish a trust. This is the most common way to avoid probate and to make contesting a will difficult. […]

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What Happens If My Heir Dies Before I Do in Maryland?

The answer to this question depends, first, on what kind of estate planning (if any) you have done.   If you have a will or a trust in place, you have already named your beneficiaries. But unless you have named alternate beneficiaries in your will or trust, you will have little control over where a […]

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