Probate
O'Bryan & O'Bryan provides clarity, guidance, and protection through every step of the probate process!
Families and loved ones should control how their estates are distributed and how their healthcare matters should be addressed. O'Bryan & O'Bryan is here to give you that control!
Probate & Estate Planning
O'BRYAN & O'BRYAN PROBATE SERVICES
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Probate Administration – Assisting executors and administrators in meeting their legal responsibilities.
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Legal Documentation – Handle necessary probate court documentation for the state of South Carolina.
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Probate Litigation – Probate litigation services involve our attorney representing you as a client during contested estate disputes in court, such as will contests, breaches of fiduciary duty, and asset misallocation.
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Probate Avoidance Strategies – Implementing living trusts, wills, joint ownership, or beneficiary designations during estate planning prior to losing a loved one.
PROCESS DESCRIPTION
The O'Bryan & O'Bryan team will invite you to a meeting to discuss your case and to design a roadmap to achieve the services you're requesting. At our law firm, there are typically 5 phases to resolve probate in SC. These phases include an initial meeting, submitting legal documents for a probate court petition, attorney and estate executor/personal representative collaboration meeting to cover records, wills, titles, etc., probate court filing period, and lastly the completion of probate with the final court order.
For estate planning of Wills, Trusts, POAs, and Heath Care Directives O'Bryan & O'Bryan makes things easy with one well documented meeting to cover all needs and wishes before documents are drafted, approved, finalized, and mailed to you.
Each county has a Probate Judge who is popularly elected to a four-year term and has jurisdiction over marriage licenses, estates of deceased persons, guardianships of incompetents, conservatorships of estates of minors and incompetents, minor settlements under $25,000 and involuntary commitments to institutions for mentally ill and/or chemically dependent persons. They also have exclusive jurisdiction over trusts and concurrent jurisdiction with Circuit Courts over powers of attorney.
Contact
Reach out to our team, we'd love to work together! For Probate and estate matters speak with Alison Owens and attorney Monty O'Bryan.
See the client intake form that we use to schedule phone and in-person consultations and meetings.