What Should Foley and Baldwin County Families Know About Settling an Estate When There Is No Will in Alabama?

by Bales Law Firm LLC | Oct 14, 2026 | Uncategorized

What Should Foley and Baldwin County Families Know About Settling an Estate When There Is No Will in Alabama? When someone dies without a will in Alabama, the state doesn’t leave the distribution of their estate up to family expectations or verbal promises — it...

What Should Foley and Baldwin County Families Know About Avoiding Ancillary Probate When They Own Property in Multiple States?

by Bales Law Firm LLC | Oct 13, 2026 | Uncategorized

What Should Foley and Baldwin County Families Know About Avoiding Ancillary Probate When They Own Property in Multiple States? If you own real estate in Alabama and at least one other state, your family faces a potential legal complication that most people never see...

What Should Fairhope and Gulf Coast Retirees Know About Postnuptial Agreements When Remarrying Later in Life?

by Bales Law Firm LLC | Oct 12, 2026 | Uncategorized

What Should Fairhope and Gulf Coast Retirees Know About Postnuptial Agreements When Remarrying Later in Life? If you’ve already married — or recently remarried — and you’re starting to wonder how your assets, your children’s inheritance, and your new...

What Should Daphne and Gulf Coast Retirees Know About Using a Spousal Lifetime Access Trust to Protect Assets Without Giving Up Control?

by Bales Law Firm LLC | Oct 11, 2026 | Uncategorized

What Should Daphne and Gulf Coast Retirees Know About Using a Spousal Lifetime Access Trust to Protect Assets Without Giving Up Control? A Spousal Lifetime Access Trust — commonly called a SLAT — is one of the more powerful tools available to married couples who want...

What Should Gulf Shores and Baldwin County Families Know About Funding a Living Trust After It’s Created?

by Bales Law Firm LLC | Oct 10, 2026 | Uncategorized

What Should Gulf Shores and Baldwin County Families Know About Funding a Living Trust After It’s Created? A living trust is one of the most effective tools for keeping your estate out of Alabama probate court — but signing the trust document is just the...

What Should Gulf Shores and Baldwin County Snowbirds Know About Coordinating an Estate Plan Across Two States?

by Bales Law Firm LLC | Oct 9, 2026 | Uncategorized

What Should Gulf Shores and Baldwin County Snowbirds Know About Coordinating an Estate Plan Across Two States? If you split your year between Gulf Shores or Orange Beach and a home up north — whether that’s Ohio, Michigan, Illinois, or anywhere else — your...