When a financial agent, a trustee, a health care agent, and a guardian all think they are in charge, who actually decides? In Nebraska, the answer usually depends on the specific decision, who owns the property, whether a document's authority has actually started, and what any court order says. Our latest article walks through how these tools interact, why a family disagreement alone does not prove a guardianship is needed, how divorce can change who holds authority, and what to gather before anyone acts.

A spouse’s promise about the house may not hold up after death if the deed, prenup, and will do not match. A new Nebraska Supreme Court case shows what remarried couples and blended families in Nebraska should review before a probate dispute starts.