Ethan A. Trice

I'm an attorney practicing in Western North Carolina and licensed to practice in both North Carolina and South Carolina. I primarily focus on transactional law and estate planning.

I'm originally from Georgia, but went to Wake Forest for Law School. While at Wake Forest, I was involved in the Moot Court, Public Interest Law Organization, Phi Alpha Delta, and the Federalist Society.

Wake Forest University

J.D.

2018 - 2021

University of Nebraska - Kearney

M.A. (2018) | History

2018

Mercer University

B.A. (2013) | History + Philosophy, Politics, and Economics

2013

Honors: Magna Cum Laude

Attorney

Davis Curry Law

2023 - Current

Attorney

King Law Offices, PLLC

2021 - 2023

Batista's Cuba: The Unrepublican Republic

?University of Nebraska at Kearney?ProQuest Dissertations Publishing

2018

Notary Public

North Carolina Department of the Secretary of State

2022

Certificate in English Language Teaching to Adults (CELTA)

Teaching House

2016

North Carolina Bar Association

Member

Current

North Carolina

North Carolina State Bar

Since 2021

South Carolina

South Carolina Bar

Since 2022

• Credit Cards Accepted

Estate Planning

Guardianship & Conservatorship Estate Administration, Health Care Directives, Trusts, Wills

Business Law

Business Contracts, Business Dissolution, Business Finance, Business Formation, Business Litigation, Franchising, Mergers & Acquisitions, Partnership & Shareholder Disputes

Probate

Probate Administration, Probate Litigation, Will Contests

Elder Law

Real Estate Law

Commercial Real Estate, Condominiums, Easements, Eminent Domain, Homeowners Association, Land Use & Zoning, Mortgages, Neighbor Disputes, Residential Real Estate, Water Law

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Trademark Registration

Q. Mom died with no legal will have half sister tht is not my biological father's daughter and she was never adopted intitl

October 18, 2022

A: This very much depends on what the deed itself says. Based on how the question is worded, it sounds like the deed was in one or both of your parents' names. How your parents owned the property matters (with the default being tenancy by the entirety for married couples). If both your mother and father have passed away and neither had a will, then North Carolina intestacy law determines how the property passes. The order of their passing matters as does the content of the deed itself. North Carolina General Statute 29-15 defines the inheritance rules and shows who may inherit the property but to answer whether your half-sister has an interest or not requires more information.