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When parents die, fall ill or are detained, a guardian of a minor is named by will, standby designation or court petition. How each route works.

An executor secures assets, notifies creditors, pays debts and taxes, accounts to the court, and distributes the estate. Here is the full list and where liability hides.

The Copyright Office's eCO system takes an application, a deposit copy, and a fee. Here is each step, the choices that matter, and what sets the effective date.

A conservatorship gives one person court-ordered authority over another adult's finances. What it covers, how it differs from guardianship and who needs one.

The USPTO applicant must be the party that controls the goods or services, and a filing in the wrong name is void. How founders and companies decide.

The first week after a bicycle accident with a car decides most of the claim. Get the report, keep the bike as it is, and lock down camera footage fast.