by Jason P. Bailey | Sep 28, 2020 | Probate
What do you do when a family member or close friend passes away and it falls to you to probate their estate? Maybe you’re the executor named in the will, or maybe you the person who would be the executor can’t or won’t take the job. What do you do... 
by Jason P. Bailey | Nov 9, 2018 | Probate, Wills
More than one Browne House Law attorney participated in Wills for Heroes this week. The program helps to pair attorneys in Tuscaloosa with public servants like service members, police, and firefighters to assist them in preparing a will. The program is a joint effort... 
by Jason P. Bailey | Nov 2, 2018 | Appeals, Probate
The Alabama Supreme Court’s opinion in Ex parte Skelton is a small masterclass on civil procedure. The court turned a messy family dispute involving a family trust and allegations of malfeasance into delightfully boring treatise on standing, abatement, and the... 
by Jason P. Bailey | Sep 16, 2018 | & Estates, Probate
If a circuit court acts like it has taken a case from the probate court, hears evidence and issues orders, but fails to issue an order authorizing itself to take the case, the Alabama Supreme Court says the circuit court hasn’t yet taken the case. In Alabama...