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Plain answers to the questions families ask us about wills, estates and the family home in North and South Carolina. Every page here names the state its rules come from.
Estate planning
- Start with the estate planning guides. They cover the five documents most plans use, wills, trusts, powers of attorney, and planning for long-term care.
Settling an estate
- How probate works
And what’s different in each state
- Step-by-step probate for Mecklenburg County, Dorchester County and Richland County
The family home
- Inherited a house?
Who owns it now, whether all heirs must agree to sell, and moving the deed out of the estate
- Putting your house into a trust
- These pages explain general rules. For advice on your situation, talk to the attorney for your state: call 980-243-4470 or request a time online.
- Responsible attorneys: Christine Hart (North Carolina), 122 N. McDowell Street, Charlotte, NC 28204. Justin Montgomery and Tiffany Lumpkin (South Carolina), 201 Sigma Drive, Suite 300, Summerville, SC 29486.