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Probate & Court Bonds
Bonds for estates, guardianships, appeals, and other court obligations. We help individuals, attorneys, and agents get them in place.
Probate / Fiduciary
- Administrator BondAn administrator bond is a probate bond required of a person appointed by the court to handle the estate of someone who died without a will.
- Bankruptcy Trustee BondA bond a bankruptcy trustee must file with the court, promising to faithfully handle the estate's money and property.
- Conservator BondA conservator bond is a court bond required of a person appointed to manage the property and finances of a minor or incapacitated adult.
- Curator BondA curator bond is the fiduciary bond a Louisiana court requires from a person appointed curator to manage the affairs and property of an interdicted (legally incapacitated) adult.
- Executor BondAn executor bond is a probate bond required of the person named in a will to manage an estate, unless the will or the court waives it.
- Guardian BondA guardian bond is a court bond required when a guardian is appointed to manage the money or property of a minor or an incapacitated adult.
- Receiver BondA bond a court-appointed receiver posts to guarantee they will manage the property or business in their care honestly and according to court orders.
- Trustee BondA trustee bond is a fiduciary bond a court may require from a trustee to protect the beneficiaries of a trust.
- VA Fiduciary BondA VA fiduciary bond is required of a person the Department of Veterans Affairs appoints to manage VA benefits for a beneficiary who cannot manage them.
Court / Judicial
- Admiralty Release Bond (Release of Libel)A bond that a vessel owner posts in federal admiralty court to get an arrested or attached vessel or cargo released while the case goes on.
- Attachment BondA court bond a plaintiff posts before the court will seize (attach) a defendant's property while a lawsuit is pending.
- Claimant's BondA court bond posted by a third party who claims ownership of property seized under a writ, so the claimant can take the property back while the court decides who owns it.
- Cost BondA cost bond guarantees that a party to a lawsuit or appeal will pay the court costs the court later orders them to pay.
- Defendant's Injunction BondA defendant's injunction bond (also called a counter bond or bond to dissolve) is posted by the party who has been enjoined so the court will lift or dissolve the injunction while the case continues.
- Forfeiture Claim (Cost) BondA forfeiture claim bond, often called a cost bond, is posted by a person who wants to contest a customs seizure in federal court instead of letting the government forfeit the property administratively.
- Garnishment BondA garnishment bond is posted by a plaintiff who asks a court to garnish a defendant's wages or bank account before winning a judgment, protecting the defendant if the garnishment proves wrongful.
- Indemnity to Sheriff BondA bond a judgment creditor gives the sheriff before the sheriff will seize or sell property that someone else claims to own.
- Injunction BondAn injunction bond is security a party must post when it asks a court for a temporary restraining order or preliminary injunction.
- Lis Pendens BondA court bond tied to a recorded notice of a lawsuit (lis pendens) that clouds title to real property.
- Mechanics Lien Release BondA lien release bond removes a mechanics lien from real property by moving the lien claim onto a surety bond.
- Petitioning Creditor BondA bond a bankruptcy court can order creditors to post when they file an involuntary bankruptcy petition against a debtor.
- Replevin BondA replevin bond is posted by a plaintiff who asks the court to seize property from a defendant before the case is decided.
- Sequestration BondA sequestration bond is a court bond a plaintiff files before a court will issue a writ that has the sheriff seize and hold disputed property while the case is pending.
- Supersedeas (Appeal) BondA supersedeas bond, or appeal bond, lets a losing defendant stop collection of a money judgment while the case is on appeal.