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Estate Planning in Georgia

My Brother wants to verify if it is legal in GA to disignate someone other than his new spouse his estate. His spouse has several ...

Joel Richard Beck
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It is legal to designate whomever you wish as your heirs in a last will and ...
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MA life estate attorney, life estate ownership of real ...

Life Estate - My father has a home with my grandmother listed as having a life estate in the home in MA. She is the only one living there. She ...

Gabriel Cheong
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If she truly only had a life estate, then it would not be counted as one of her ...
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estate planning under NY state law for terminally ill ...

Estate Planning - My father was recently diagnosed with terminal cancer and given approximately six months to live. I am concerned that we don’t have ...

Linda Stravalaci Grear
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Sorry to hear about your father's illness. This can be a tricky situation ...
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estate planning, setting up a U.S. foreign trust to ...

US foreign trust - I am a non-US citizen and non US resident. I own assets (financial portfolio) in the US. I am considering setting-up a US foreign ...

Frank A Selden
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Your terminology is a little different than what I would use because any trust ...
Janet Lee Brewer
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Be very, very careful that you don't mess up a good thing. Under certain ...
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setting up a revocable trust under IL estate planning ...

have a revocable trust. - will this protect our assets if one of us goes into a nursing home or do we need to add something so we don't lose everything.

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Your living trust does NOT protect assets against nursing home charges and may ...
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under PA estate planning probate laws would medicaid ...

Beneficiary in will. - My 93 year old aunt is living in a nursing home in PA which is being paid for by Medicaid. Her brother died, and she is name as a ...

Douglas L. Kaune
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The technical answer is that she can disclaim the inheritance, but the ...
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process of beginning probate under IL estate planning ...

information - My dad died last year. My mother is in a nursng home. They have a joint will. In the will, the house and belongings are willed to my ...

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estate planning in CT protecting inhertiance to ...

estate planning - What should my husband & I do to insure that our two children get our savings (small amt, 60,000) and small home (170,00) and not ...

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E. Alexandra Golden's answer
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You have a bigger concern than inheritance taxes -- making sure that there are ...
Bruce Givner
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If your estate is that small then you should contact the local Bar Association. ...
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under TN estate planning and Will laws what affect ...

Dying mans wishes - If a dying man says he wants his 2 boys to get some money but it is not in the will but both sides of the family heardit and ...

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under CA state law what estate planning asset ...

Asset protection - How do I protect my assets so my husband will qualify for medicaid payment of nursing home services? He is 86 years of age. What asset ...

John Thomas Gosselin
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I recommend that you go to the website of the National Academy of Elder Law ...
Bruce Givner
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There are numerous highly skilled Elderlaw attorneys in California: Stuart ...
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VA probate laws and estate administration, estates ...

family death credit card responsibility - Background History My mother-n-law just became a widow on July 28, 2008. Her husband of 57 years was a retired Lt. Col. from the U.S. ...

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WA state estate planning

What are common scenerios for planning a will? We have been married about a year. My husband is 54, I am 57. I have 3 grown children, ...

John Thomas Gosselin
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This does not address Washington state law, but rather the general legal points ...
Frank A Selden
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In WA State income and debts after marriage are PRESUMED to be community ...
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selling real property that was inherited, estate ...

Iheritance - My sister and I each received an apartment from our father when he passed, each with a different value. We have agreed to sell both ...

Thuong-Tri Nguyen
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How far along with the probate are you? A personal representative generally ...
Janet Lee Brewer
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Mr. Kaman should stick to criminal law. If you make a gift of more than $12,...
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Michigan probate, liability for creditor's claims ...

Paying deceased Mother's credit card debt. - My Mother passed in 2006, and the estate went thru probate - I was the the Conservator and her Guardian, as well as the Executor of ...

Janet Lee Brewer
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Once again Mr. Kaman proves that he should stick to criminal law. If you were ...
Thuong-Tri Nguyen
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You likely should review your facts and options with an attorney located where ...
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under FL estate planning laws, does a Will have to be ...

Filing of will - In Florida, is it possible to submit a will after an estate has been filed as intestate? (A photographic copy that has an "Oath of ...

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Florida law states that the custodian of an original will must deposit it with ...
Marc Jeremy Soss
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It is absolutely possible to submit a Will after an estate has been filed as ...
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estate planning under PA state law, probate and trust

Estate Planning in PA - Regarding trusts and probate in PA, if your assets are less than $800,000. should one have a revocable trust? I am trying to guide ...

David M. Frees III
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The use of Revocable Living Trusts is much more common in Ca than in ...
Debra G. Speyer
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While some State have onerous Probate requirements and a Revocable Trust (...
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Settling estate matters/will

My husbands mother and father recently passed away leaving behind a farm (several acres) and a house in town. The will states that ...

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removal of executor, order to show cause in probate, ...

Removal of Executor - How does one go about having an executor removed ? One of the co-executors of my uncle's estate has been evasive and not forthcoming ...

Lee D Hoffman
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You should be sure to pose your question to someone who practices estate law ...
Michael D Fox
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Sometimes, there are more ways than one to skin a cat; that is, you may be able ...
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NJ probate laws and estate administration

33 year old estate in NJ - Recently my mother has passed away leaving a NJ property she jointly inherited from my grandmother with 2 other siblings. My ...

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guardianship laws in GA, giving up parental rights if ...

guardianship - do you have to give up parental rights to give someone guardianship

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