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Can My Out-of-State Child Serve as My Executor or Power of Attorney? What Virginia Families Should Know

Families and households are more spread out than ever, and one question comes up all the time in our work with clients across Northern Virginia: My son or daughter lives across the country, so can they still handle things for me? The short answer is usually yes. The longer answer is that distance changes the…
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“I Don’t Trust My Kids to Handle My Estate.”

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What Probate Is and How To Avoid It — Part 1

Unless you’ve created a proper estate plan, upon your passing many of your assets must first go through the court process known as probate before those assets can be distributed to your heirs. During probate, the court supervises a number of different legal actions, all of which are aimed at finalizing your affairs and settling…