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Oregon Probate Timeline
An Oregon probate usually runs 9 to 18 months. The floor is four months from the date the notice to interested persons is published, not from the death.
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Oregon Probate Without a Lawyer
Oregon lets you appear for yourself under ORS 9.320, and ORS 111.205 requires no particular form of pleading. The fees, the bond, and where court help stops.
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Oregon Revocable Living Trust
An Oregon revocable living trust runs on ORS chapter 130, the Oregon Uniform Trust Code. What creates one, how to fund it, and the pour over will beside it.
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Oregon Simple Estate Affidavit
ORS 114.510 sets two limits that must both hold: $75,000 of personal property and $200,000 of real property and manufactured homes. Oregon has no $275,000 test.
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Oregon Step-Up in Basis
Oregon is not a community property state, so only the decedent's half resets. Where the date-of-death value gets filed, and what Oregon taxes on a sale.
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Oregon Surviving Spouse Rights
Oregon gives a surviving spouse an elective share of 5 to 33 percent of the augmented estate under ORS 114.605, claimed within nine months of the death.
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Oregon Transfer on Death Deed
Oregon's transfer on death deed runs on ORS 93.948 to 93.979, with the form printed at ORS 93.975. Record it with the county clerk before death.
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Oregon Trust Administration
Oregon trust administration runs on ORS chapter 130, the Uniform Trust Code. What a successor trustee must notify, report, pay and distribute after a death.
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Oregon Will Contests
An Oregon will contest runs on ORS 113.075: four months from the notice to interested persons or from publication, filed as a petition in the probate case.
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Oregon Will Requirements
Oregon will requirements under ORS 112.235: a writing, the testator's signature, and at least two attesting witnesses. No holographic or electronic wills.
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