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Attorney Thomas B. Burton answers a reader question about how they will know when an estate is no longer in the probate process.

Attorney Thomas B. Burton answers a reader question about whose name should be on the homeowner's insurance policy for a house when a parent

Attorney Thomas B. Burton discusses several testing contingencies you should consider adding to your Offer to Purchase that are not included

Question: Is there an easy way to change my name on the deed to my house? I got married last summer and it seems very complicated! I asked the Register of Deeds office in Milwaukee through email and they stated something about creating a new deed first and gave me a link to the law library in Madison, and then something about an e-RETR. I tried filling it out, but it is complicated, too. I can't figure out how I'm the grantor and the grantee without giving away rights, and al