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There is no debate on this. Life estate means life. If she is alive but in a nursing home, she still owns the life estate.
The short answer is yes. The long answer is that there are trust devices you can use to get the house and keep your benefits. It must be... Read Answer
If the will was probated, and you had notice at the time, the type of lawyer is a bad one as you have no case. To undo probate you have to have... Read Answer
The biggest issue in all of this is whether you have the original will. Without it, you will have problems. If you have the original, or... Read Answer
You are asking two questions. First, a POA, assuming all powers are given, can bring a suit for the principal. So, you can likely be... Read Answer
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You need to hire a lawyer to look into this right away to fIle a petition for letters of administration. Your can still be appointed administrator of... Read Answer
Notify all banks of the death and that your father was not married. You need to become fiduciary of the estate to get the assets by filing for... Read Answer
You can actually still probate the later will. The problem will be recovering the property distributed under the old one.
You need to file the will with the court and petition to have it probated.
When the court issues a citation to approve the accounting, you file objections, which are a pleading filed with the court in a certain form.
No. Unless you were adopted by her, you have no right to the estate.
You should have brought an ancillary proceeding in New York when your father died. You do not say how long has passed. However, if your... Read Answer
It depends if the estate was closed. Most estates in NY remain open forever, so you would need to do an accounting to close the estate and show... Read Answer
It depends on the type of trust and the manner you received the accounting. If it is a testamentary trust and/or it is a court ordered... Read Answer
Your option is to fire the lawyer or continue with the lawyer. While non-responsiveness is an ethical violation, filing an ethics grievance... Read Answer
It is a petition you need to file in Surrogate's Court. We do them all the time. No problem.
There is no time limit on probate. The probate petition, when filed, will contain a list of assets. Call the executor and ask.
It depends who owns the house. You call it his house and grandmother's house, so it is unclear which estate you are referring to and who owns... Read Answer
If the money was "left for you" it would be in your name in unclaimed funds. If it is in his name, then you cannot get it unless you are his... Read Answer
There is a certain petition to file in the estate proceeding in Surrogate's Court. This happens all the time.
It could be true, but someone would have to look at the title report, and the will. It sounds like the house was left to people in the will,... Read Answer
Call the clerk of the surrogates court in the county he died in, and see if a will was probated. If your step mom did it right, however, she... Read Answer
This is a very valid concern. Your boyfriend can make a will leaving you the house.
How do you know there is a will? You should file an administration proceeding, which gives you half. That will smoke him out to file the... Read Answer