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Robert Fahr
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- Arkansas State Bar
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- U.S. Patent and Trademark Office
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Practice Areas
- Estate Planning
- Guardianship & Conservatorship Estate Administration, Health Care Directives, Trusts, Wills
- Intellectual Property
- Patents
- Patent Appeals, Patent Litigation, Patent Prosecution
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- Q. Does a will for home have to be probated in Ar?
- A: The answer depends on facts that you didn't provide. If you can provide more details about the owner, the home, the owner's heirs, and the owner's Will then it might be possible to answer. A probate is not always required or necessary to transfer real estate from an estate but it depends on many factors.
You may want to consult with an attorney, knowledgeable in probate, in the county where the home is located. The Arkansas Bar Association can help you locate attorneys in the specific area and they can be reached at 1-800-609-5668.
This is a general answer, not legal advice, and may not apply to your specific situation.
- Q. My aunt passed away in Jonesboro recently. Will her will be putlic record? If so, where?
- A: In Arkansas, if a probate is filed then all documents filed in the probate, including a Will, will be publicly available from the county clerk. By law if there are over $100,000 in assets in a probate estate then a probate must be filed. If the probate estate is smaller then a probate may not be required but may still be necessary in order to validate a Will and/or distribute certain types of assets.
Assets which typically are in the probate estate and may require probate to transfer include: financial accounts with no beneficiary or payable/transfer-on-death designation, vehicles titled in the decedent name, or real property without a survivorship rights.
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- Q. My Mom die she has no will how doe the law in arkansas work for this? there is me sis and half bro. he has a child?
- A: If a person dies with no Will and has assets in Arkansas then those assets would be subject to division according to Arkansas law. In general the assets would be divided between the person's children and the person's spouse. Unless a step-child is adopted by the person, they are usually not considered a child of the person. But there are many exceptions in the law and I would need more facts to provide a accurate answer. This is a general answer, not legal advice, and may not apply to your specific situation.
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