I live in Arizona, my father just died in Texax, I am his daughter, sole survivor. How do i handle his estate from here?

You need to seek help from an attorney immediately. If your father was not competent when he signed his deed, the deed is invalid. However,...

I probably need an attorney who is an expert on estate planning or Elder Care Law.

You need to take your mother to see an elder law attorney who can explain to her the ramifications of not having a Last Will and Testament. If it...

My friend had a will and than wanted changes which she had the lawyer drafted but she never signed the changes...does the lawyer

Your friend's Last Will and Testament will be the controling document. The court will not honor an unsigned Codicil.

Nursing home legalese?

Medicaid will not seize a home if your mother enters a nursing and is approved for Medicaid. A home is considered a non-countable asset, so as...

Pour over will and trust

A decedent's will only governs those assets which pass through the probate estate. Certain assets such as IRAs and life insurance have listed...

If a persn has a living trust and a will and passes away how long shoud it take for the atty to call ll parties

Typically once an attorney is notified of a death the attorney will arrange a meeting with the named executor of the will and successor Trustee of...

If my mother had a conservator & the only heirs to her money is my sister and me....

If I read your post correctly, your mother is deceased. If so, presenting the bank with a death certificate will allow the bank to pay the...

What recourse do I have when dealing with a non-probated estate?

A probate estate would have been opened only if your father had died with property in his own name. At the time of your father's death, his wife...

A settlor's incompetency does not make a revocable trust irrevocable unless that scenario is specifically stated in the trust. Incompetency also...

I am in charge of an estate and I put the will in probate on 2/2010 and the estate was left 45% of a company and the other 55%

An operating agreement is the document which governs how the shares of a company can be transferred and if there are any restrictions on the...