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From your description, it is not clear whether your parents' estates have been probated (proving what they owned, what they owed and distributing the... Read Answer
In many states after two years with no distribution, you can apply to the court to remove your brother and appoint you. You can then file an... Read Answer
Your situation is more complicated than simply suggesting to you who would make the best person to watch over your grandchildren inheritance. ... Read Answer
Your father in laws heirs need to open an estate. Once the estate is opened, they can sell or retitle the car. If you can find the title, his... Read Answer
More detail is needed, by most likely there will be no gift tax.
You need an Alaska real estate attorney.
The funds should be left not to your mother but to an account established for her benefit with a master pooled special needs trust. This can be... Read Answer
Please contact a local estate planning attorney. Many are able to conduct remote signings during covid. While only your grandmother can... Read Answer
Check with a local probate lawyers. Some states now have an heir's right of partition which protects from the situation you describe. ... Read Answer
If you are not married, you get nothing. You may think that you are "common law" married but that is very difficult to prove.
Why would you lie? Do you think that someone who is asking you to lie will then give you money? It is common for an executor to request a... Read Answer
Yes, you do need a lawyer. Once you get involved in the probate process, you will be glad that you hired one. The cost depends in part on... Read Answer
You must first submit the Will or probate (proving) or, if there is no Will, hire a local probate lawyer to apply to the court to determine heirship... Read Answer
If her husband willed your grandmother the home, it is hers to do with as she likes. If she does not have a Will, it will pass to her heirs,... Read Answer
Please be guided by that attorney's advice. The court may well accept an affidavit that the current executor has gone missing.
Like anyone else, you have a right to see the Will in the court records once it is filed for probate. But there is no forced inheritance by... Read Answer
General education is provided for free. For actual legal services, you must contact an attorney.
As executor your duty will be to gather the assets, pay the bills and distribute what is left according to the Will. If your mother wants your... Read Answer
Under federal law, the mortgage lender cannot foreclose for six months after the court appoints an executor or administrator as a personal... Read Answer
A minor cannot hold real property. He can put it into a trust for her benefit but the trustee must be an adult, a professional trustee, a trust... Read Answer
You could make a new Will. A new Will revokes any pre-existing Will.
But unless the divorce decree gives an ex-spouse a right to part of your... Read Answer
If you could benefit from the irrevocable trust under any circumstances, the assets in the trust will be counted in determining Medicaid eligibility... Read Answer
An at-will tenant, like a guest, can be asked to leave at any time. The CARES Act applies to tenants who have leases and who have attempted to... Read Answer
If your mother-in-law is still alive, she may be able to grant you a deed transferring the property on her death subject to the reverse... Read Answer
You can pass the life insurance outside your Will by designated a beneficiary on the policy.
A Will must not only be notarized but also witnessed... Read Answer