Navigating Arbitration in South Carolina
Navigating Arbitration in South Carolina
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Checklist: What to Expect During Your First Meeting with a Probate, Trust, and Estate Attorney
Whether you’re facing a will contest, dealing with trustee disputes, or concerned about potential estate issues, seeking the guidance of an experienced probate and trust litigation attorney is crucial for protecting your…
Legal Update: Intentional Interference with Inheritance
What happens when one person influences another to make significant changes to their will or estate plan, causing their beneficiaries to wrongfully lose out on part or all of their inheritance? Many…
How Will the Recent US Supreme Court Holding About Arbitration Waiver Requirements Impact South Carolina Law?
A recent decision by the U.S. Supreme Court in Morgan v. Sundance Inc., 596 U.S. 411 (2022), addressed the issue of the enforceability of arbitration agreements in contracts and the ability of…
Can You Sue for Breach of Fiduciary Duty in South Carolina?
What happens when the personal representative of a will acts in their own interests rather than the best interests of the deceased? Similarly, what if a corporate officer engages in self-dealing rather…
Grounds for Contesting and Challenging Wills in South Carolina
Most people assume that a last will and testament, or at least a document purporting to be one, is the final say in what happens to a person’s estate. But there are…
How to Become the Personal Representative of Your Parents’ Estate
Children often want to ensure that their parents’ estates will be properly administered after their deaths. Parents, in turn, naturally desire that their children should take over their personal affairs after they…
What to Do if Your Trustee is Making Improper Investments
One power that trustees have is to make investments of trust assets. Although trustees are granted a certain degree of authority in their investment decisions, that authority is not absolute. It is…
How a Trustee Should Handle an Unhappy Beneficiary
The trustee of a trust is responsible for managing trust assets in the sole interest of its beneficiaries. The trustee stands in a special relationship of fiduciary responsibility to the grantor of…
What to Expect if You Are Challenging a Will in South Carolina
A last will and testament should accurately reflect what a person desires to happen to his or her estate upon death. However, not all wills are created equally. For one reason or…