Major Brown Law, LLC

02/08/2025

The Major Brown Law firm has been voted the Best in Georgia for probate legal issues in Atlanta. Protecting the legacy of ancestral property.

02/08/2025

Major Brown Law is honored to be the winner of the Georgia Business Journal 2024 Best of Georgia Award – Atlanta Regional Probate Law

12/08/2022

08/10/2022

PACT Act has been signed!

01/27/2021

Just saw the post sister to sister.. https://www.instagram.com/tv/CKfRoTIgKew/?igshid=97j2jymrdo1j He’s so right. The approach is good for troubled siblings navigating the probate process too. ‬

01/06/2021

Probate Law Question of the Day

Q: How do I get letters testamentary without the probate process?
My relative died with a living trust and a pour over will. I am Executor and Trustee. Debts are resolved. Some funds in stocks not in trust.

A: My condolences. Letters of Administration can only be obtained by going through probate. Consult a probate attorney for help navigating the legal process.

Revocable Living Trusts and Pour-Over Wills are used less frequently in Georgia, although they are very common in many parts of the country.

Under a Georgia Pour-Over Will when you pass away, any leftover assets are to be distributed to your living trust, thus avoiding probate. Your property is then distributed to your successor trustee as trustee for the benefit of the trust beneficiaries. Consult an attorney to review the Pour-Over Will and Trust, and for help ensuring any leftover assets are properly distributed.

A Georgia Pour Over Will unilaterally states that when you die, if there are any probate assets, it goes to your trust instead of probate. The Georgia Pour Over Will is used to avoid dying intestate and allowing the State of Georgia to decide on how your property is to be distributed.

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12/18/2020

PIC Points and Parole

12/16/2020

Question of the day: I need to establish an estate for my spouse.
My spouse passed this year without a will and did not assign a beneficiary for his retirement account. The retirement account administrator requires that the funds go to my spouse’s estate.

Answer: You should consult an attorney for help establishing yourself as the administrator of the estate of your late spouse. As the estate administrator you can then claim the retirement benefits for the estate.

07/31/2020

Time for a little laugh!

33 Lawyerly Memes That Are Guilty Of Hilarity - Funny memes that "GET IT" and want you to too. Get the latest funniest memes and keep up what is going on in the meme-o-sphere.

07/30/2020

Your Last Will and Testament

Learn more about the five main reasons you need to prepare your end of life finances.