If my mom goes into a nursing home next month, can her house be taken?

The state can never truly "take the house;" however they can in certain situations refuse to pay for care. If the deed giving primary ownership...

How do I get copies of all financial reports from trustees? They do not want to make them available.

The trustees are right, here. They are required to keep books and make them available to you, but absent a court order for good reason they aren't...

Can I gift money from a trust?

If you are asking as a trustee, it will depend 100% on the terms of the trust. If you are a beneficiary, and you have a vested, calculable right...

Transferring home from parents to child

The advice provided by my colleagues about MassHealth is certainly accurate. As to your specific question, if the property is sold your parents...

Illegal for a trustee to hire his kids as property managers of a family investment trust, beneficiaries disagree?

Any financial involvement of an immediate family member is considered a potential self-dealing transaction, and even without unreasonable financial...

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A house in CT has sat empty since the owner passed away. How do I find out who owns the property and if they're willing to sell?

If it's a Connecticut property, the owner of record will be on the town/city assessor's database. Many of those are even online through a service...

Sold my parents house 16 months ago. Both are in Long Term Care facility. Medicaid wants money from house, was life estate. Help

When you sold the house, you sold your own remainder interest, as well as the value of the life estate of your parents (as POA). That life estate...

Once you file for Mass Health for an elderly parent in a long term nursing facility, can you add funds to a pooled trust?

Prior to application you should be able to deposit to a state-reimbursing pooled trust. Once MassHealth long-term care is applied for and/or...

Can i sue the hospital, for not allowing me to id my husband body & instead allow his aunt & children's mother

I suppose the question is, what damage to you believe you have incurred by having someone else identify the body and provide the funeral home with...

I have 2 mortgages in my husband's name only, who is now deceased how can i get my name on it now?

Unless it's a special kind of mortgage, you as the personal representative need to keep paying the mortgage from the estate, and when the property...