Opelika probate judge candidates to speak at community forumThe Auburn Plainsmanby Kristen Oliver / COMMUNITY EDITOR The 2012 Lee County Probate Judge Forum will be held Tuesday from 7–8:30 pm at the Event Center Downtown in Opelika. The two candidat…

… rights of survivorship by simply making a written agreement and having it notarized?

Would that agreement likely be recognized under probate if/when one the the siblings died?

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