Cedulie Renee Laumann

Attorney Cedulie Laumann is the managing attorney and founding member of small law firm in Anne Arundel County, Maryland. The firm handles real estate, small business, and estate/trust matters.

She enjoys helping clients reach positive solutions to their legal needs. Her firm employs innovative "flat fee" billing arrangements and fee options outside the traditional hourly based approach.

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  10 minute no-cost free phone consult. Call 410-216-7000. We can answer many quick questions for free, or browse our website for common answers to deed, trust and other questions. Or schedule a private, in-depth consultation (1hr - 1.5 hrs) with Managing Attorney (10-20 years experience) for a flat $300 consult fee for most matters. 100% of the paid consult fee is applied towards estate planning
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  10 min no cost initial consult by phone or email. Flat fee consultations for up to 1.5 hour attorney meeting. Flat fee billing option for most matters we handle, including Estate Planning (Trusts, Wills, etc.), Business Formation (LLCs, etc.) and Real Estate (Deeds, contracts, etc.) See our pricing guide on our website for representative fees or call us. While all the firm's clients are given clear understanding of fees up-front, this list is not a promise to represent, some situations may require additional work and no attorney/client relationship is formed unless we meet and both agree.

Maryland

Since 2003

managing attorney

Arden Law Firm, LLC

Current

Adjunct Faculty

St. Joseph's University

Current

University of Maryland Francis King Carey School of Law

Honors: Order of the Coif Top 10% of Graduating Class

Maryland State Bar

Member

2003 - Current

Q. I am the PR for my deceased husbands estate. There was no will and the kids were minors at the time of death. .

December 17, 2024

A: Assuming some or all of the funds will be payable to your late husband's estate, any additional funds will require filing a supplemental inventory and supplemental account (if a regular estate) or a supplemental schedule B (if a small estate). Basically a Personal Representative has an obligation to tell the Register of Wills about any additional assets and then show how the funds were disbursed. Where the funds will go depends on the intestacy laws in place when your husband died.

Where a Personal Representative lives does not impact the estate jurisdiction although if a Personal Representative lives out of state they will need to appoint a local Resident Agent in Maryland for the estate (usually if an attorney is assisting with the estate they will serve as the local Resident Agent for an out-of-state Personal Representative)

(NOTE: inheritance laws and percentage allocations between a spouse and children for people without a Will have changed in Maryland in 2023 but when it comes to figuring out allocation a Personal Representative needs to go by the laws in place when the Decedent passed even if they have since changed).

While not legal advice, I hope this general information helps. ... Read More

Q. How would I be able to get details on a trust fund created by family that I am no longer in contact with?

November 25, 2024

A: Generally, there is no right to get a copy of anyone else's planning documents while the planner is still living. So if the relative who created this Trust is still living (and assuming it is a typical trust), usually it is entirely up to that person to decide what, if anything (or nothing) they wish to share. Future beneficiaries have no right to demand copies - the Planner may decide to change what goes to the beneficiaries or remove one or more beneficiaries entirely.

After the original planner dies or a trust otherwise becomes "irrevocable", then the current beneficiaries of a Maryland trust have rights to get a copy of the Trust instrument. This can be formally requested in writing of the Trustee. If the Trustee has not kept in touch and their current address is unknown it may be necessary to do some searching. In this day and age, contact information is not hard to find for most people but in the unusual situation where one cannot easily find an address professionals such as skip tracers and private investigators might be employed. Although Trustees ordinarily comply with their legal duties and give copies on request occasionally beneficiaries engage counsel to intervene.

While not legal advice I hope the general information helps. ... Read More

Q. I am considering selling my home. My husband passed in 2020. I am on the deed, but not the mortgage.

October 22, 2024

A: I am sorry for your loss. Married couples can hold property a few different ways and how the title reads on the deed affects what you need to do when one person passes.

Usually (but not always) married couples own property as "tenants by the entirety" - if so, then by operation of law the surviving spouse owns the whole property and does not need to do anything else legally (besides showing the title company your husband's death certificate when you sell).

Occasionally married couples will not hold as tenants by the entirety. If for any reason the deed is titled differently, for example if you purchased before marriage and the deed does not include survivorship rights, then 1/2 of the property would need to go through probate and you'd need to open an estate for your husband and be appointed as Personal Representative.

An attorney could confirm this in under 2 minutes in most cases. While not legal advice, I hope that it helps! ... Read More