Life Estate

I also would note that the trust provison has a few qualifiers - that the property is residential, that it is used by the grantors, and that their...

Can my landlord keep my security deposit if I move out the same day I tell him I'm moving?

Without a lease, you are a "tenant at will" and the law requires that you give your landlord 30 days notice. If the landlord re-rents your...

Any recourse to get $68K back from family who put it into their business, lost it and now won't respond to my reimbursement plea

You could file a mechanic's lien against the property for the value of the work that you did pursuant to a verbal contract with your parents. ...

I want to leave my estate devided between son and his daughter who is only 7 and does not live with him.

You are wise to be concerned - if you leave money directly to your son, it very well could end up with his girlfriend. As the other lawyers...

Can my landlord break my lease?

Your lease is a legal agreement between yourself and your landlord, and each of your rights and obligations are spelled out in the lease - so you...

Probating my fathers house after 6 years with no will

If your dad died without a will (intestate), the Georgia law of intestacy governs who inherits his estate. You should look it up. If it is like...

Paternal grandmother obtained temp. guardianship can she deny maternal family visitation?

I recommend first getting a copy of the guardianship order from the court; it may have language about visitation. Maybe there isn't even one, if...

HI - I am a probate attorney in Maine. I just wrote an article on our website about options that beneficiaries have when they do not believe that...

I am not aware of any law that provides for rental reimbursement. You have a right to live somewhere habitable, and you can bring a law suit...

Is a quit claim of real estate TO an elderly in a nursing home legal?

For the quitclaim deed, daughter only transferred her own interest, if I understand your description, and that is her right. (The transfer severed...