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New Mexico estate planning basics: the core documents you need, how community property works at death, ways to avoid probate, and the state tax rules.
New Mexico revocable living trust explained: how it avoids probate, how to fund one, costs, community property rules, and whether a trust fits your estate.
New Mexico's transfer on death deed (NMSA 45-6-405) passes real estate at death outside probate. How it works, the record-before-death rule, and how to revoke it.
New Mexico trust administration for successor trustees: your duties, the duty to inform beneficiaries under the Uniform Trust Code, paying debts, and distribution.
Nevada estate planning basics: the core documents you need, how community property works at death, ways to avoid probate, and the state tax rules.
Nevada revocable living trust explained: how it avoids probate, how to fund one, costs, community property rules, and whether a trust fits your estate.
Nevada's transfer on death deed is the statutory deed upon death (NRS 111.655). How it works, the recording-before-death rule, and how to revoke it.
Nevada trust administration for successor trustees: your duties, the NRS 164.021 beneficiary notice, the optional NRS 164.025 creditor notice, and distribution.
New Mexico probate cost explained: the $30 probate court fee, the $132 district court fee, no estate or inheritance tax, and reasonable personal representative pay.
How to avoid probate in New Mexico: survivorship, POD/TOD accounts, beneficiary forms, the NMSA 45-6-405 transfer on death deed, the homestead affidavit, and trusts.
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