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Christopher R. Owens · Probate and Estate Planning Attorney · Estate Planning & Probate · Birmingham
2101 1st Avenue North, Suite 320, Birmingham, AL 35203
Probate and estate planning attorney. He handles wills, trusts, powers of attorney, living wills and advance directives, property deeds, guardianships and conservatorships, and the probate of estates, including small estates and estates without a will. He meets clients at the firm's Birmingham and Chelsea offices.
Wills and trusts, powers of attorney, probate and estate administration, guardianships and estate disputes. In Alabama, each county's probate court handles wills, the administration of estates and guardianships.
Wills and estates are handled by the Probate Court of Jefferson County; its Birmingham Division is at 716 North Richard Arrington Jr. Blvd., Birmingham, and there is also a Bessemer Division at 1801 3rd Avenue North, Bessemer.
The Code of Alabama decides who inherits. We haven't been able to confirm the shares on an official page, so we don't set them out here — the county probate court or a lawyer can explain how they apply.
Legal Services Alabama helps people who qualify on income, including with heirs' property and estate planning. Its call center is on (866) 456-4995 (English) or (888) 835-3505 (Spanish), weekdays 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
To practise law in Alabama a lawyer must be licensed through the Alabama State Bar. You can look up any lawyer in the State Bar's public Find a Member search, and the Bar publishes its disciplinary history. Each lawyer on these pages was checked in that search before being listed, but people move firms, so check again before you hire. Complaints about a lawyer go to the State Bar's Office of General Counsel.
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