Intestate distribution In Oklahoma impacts who gets what in a probate court. Losing a loved one is hard. It’s even harder when the family begins bickering over rights and inheritances. Did the deceased leave behind a will or did they die without a will? How do you know, for sure, who gets what? If you’re in Oklahoma and find yourself…
Wills and Trusts
Estate Planning and Oklahoma Spousal Lifetime Access Trust (SLAT)
Oklahoma Spousal Lifetime Access Trust is a great tool used to shelter assets. A Spousal Lifetime Access Trust (SLAT) is a written irrevocable trust that one spouse establishes for the benefit of the other. The goal of a SLAT is to transfer assets into a trust that is available to provide some financial assistance to the spouse, but to exclude…
Irrevocable Trusts in Oklahoma
In Estate Planning people often turn to trusts as a way of passing assets to avoid probate. One of the many trusts available is the Irrevocable trust. Irrevocable Trusts are trusts that cannot be altered or ended once they are executed. Unlike revocable trust, they don’t allow for modification and termination if the trust creator has to make changes. Although an irrevocable trust…
Creating a Trust in Your Oklahoma Estate Plan
When you are creating your estate plan, you will come across the idea of using “trusts”. There are several different types of trusts that estate lawyers will use as tools in creating your plan. Of course, you have the ability to choose if you want a trust and what type of trust you would like to include in your plan. …