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Ancillary Probate Series – Part 6: No Home State (“Domiciliary”) Probate
By : Cory Hicks | Category : Probate, Real Estate, Uncategorized | No Comments
25th Nov 2015
If a decedent dies in any of the other 49 United States owning property in their home state but also owing property in Oklahoma (see prior blog posts here and here about common examples of multistate ownership that I see), … more
Ancillary Probate Series – Part 5: Home State (“Domiciliary”) Probate?
By : Cory Hicks | Category : Probate, Real Estate, Uncategorized | No Comments
19th Oct 2015
The first four blog posts in this series on ancillary probate dealt with various aspects of this first foundational issue: did the deceased die owning property in two more states? If so, an ancillary probate may be necessary. If not, … more
Ancillary Probate Series – Part 4: Common Examples – Simplified
By : Cory Hicks | Category : Probate, Real Estate, Uncategorized | No Comments
2nd Oct 2015
In my last post I gave three concrete examples of property ownership in multiple states that I commonly see. I gave quite a bit of detail in those examples. Those three examples could be further generalized or simplified as: 1. … more
Ancillary Probate Series – Part 2: Geographical Issues
By : Cory Hicks | Category : Probate, Uncategorized | No Comments
19th May 2015
In the first post in this series, I laid out the initial question to ask about ancillary estates: did the decedent own property individually in more than one state? This is much more common than some might think, especially along … more
Ancillary Probate Series – Part 1: Ownership in Multiple States
By : Cory Hicks | Category : Probate, Uncategorized | No Comments
29th Apr 2015
Questions about ancillary probate in Oklahoma are probably the most common questions I get from this blog – and among the most common questions I receive at my office overall. I have not addressed that topic on here in some … more
Thanks, Russell
By : Cory Hicks | Category : Uncategorized | No Comments
19th Mar 2015
For the last few years, I have had the honor of speaking at National Business Institute (NBI) Continuing Legal Education (CLE) courses. I prepared the written materials last year and prepared to speak on “Title Search and Examination Fundamentals” at … more
Farewell, Kenny
By : Cory Hicks | Category : Uncategorized | No Comments
10th Mar 2015
Those of us who practice law in Guymon and the other communities of the Oklahoma Panhandle lost one of our own recently. You can read the fully obituary of Kenneth J. “Kenny” Kelly here. I had just seen Kenny the … more
Welcome, Nash
By : Cory Hicks | Category : Uncategorized | No Comments
5th Mar 2015
My wife Julie and I had our third son Nash Ryan Hicks on January 23, 2015. Attached is a picture of him in the hospital with his “Little Brother” shirt on. My wife bought all 3 of the boys matching … more
Welcome, Nora – Field & Hicks, PLLC
By : Cory Hicks | Category : Uncategorized | No Comments
10th Nov 2014
Nora Alvarez joined our office as an Administrative Assistant in July. She is doing a great job, and we are happy to have her. If you have not had a chance to yet, come in and say “Hi” to Nora … more
My New Favorite Office Decoration
By : Cory Hicks | Category : Uncategorized | No Comments
27th Aug 2014
My son Hank came by this morning after pre-K and left my new favorite office decoration on my whiteboard. Nothing like a 4-year-old to help put things in perspective. Contact us at (580) 338-6503 or at coryhicks@fieldandhicks.com or using … more