Curran Estate Law

Sean D. Curran was born and raised in Pottsville, Pennsylvania. Sean graduated from The Hill School '84, Tulane University '88, and Dickinson School of Law '91. Sean started as a general practitioner involved in corporate, environmental, civil litigation, and real estate and later as in-house counsel for two separate technology firms.

Rose Kennedy, Esq. is joining our firm and leading our Estate Administration practice. Rose is returning to the full-time practice of law after taking some time off to raise her family of four with her husband, Scott Esterbrook. Rose is a graduate of St. Joseph's University and received her JD from Beasley School of Law at Temple University.

The Long-Term Care System is a complicated ecosystem of care providers, care facilities, Medicare, Medicaid, Long term care insurance, Doctor's appointments, nutrition, social interaction, mental health, and legal issues. How does someone navigate this complex system when they are dealing with the diminished physical and mental capacity of a loved one?

Estate planning isn't about how much money you have, it's about protecting what you have for you, during your lifetime, and for those you love after you're gone. It ensures what you have gets to the people you love, the way you want when you want. If you were to die today, are you comfortable and sure that everything will be taken care of the way you wanted?

If the estate is too large to qualify for simplified probate, you'll need to conduct a formal probate proceeding. This is a court-supervised process and is considered a "cleansing of the assets" before they can be distributed to the beneficiaries. This begins when the executor named in the will files the will with the Register of Wills in the county in which the deceased person lived.