How can I handle the judge in probate court to get some inheritances proceeds

If you have bills that you paid for your sister, and want to be reimbursed for, you are allowed to request that the administrator of the estate pay...

My dad owes 108,000 on his home equity loan in CT. My mom passed away. He wants me to purchase it for what he owes.

It's hard to advise without the underlying motivation. If you actually want the house, it's perfectly legal for him to sell it to you for less...

Can I contest my spouses will?

If there was an explicit contractual arrangement about the inheritance of the house, such as when you decided to purchase it in her name only to...

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Asset prior marriage, Equitable Distribution and joint account

When an application for divorce is filed in Connecticut, the judge issues standard orders which prevent the spouses from giving away assets. As...

If estate assets are in the name of the trust or payable to named beneficiaries Do I still need a lawyer to settle the estate?

Connecticut probate courts try to be user friendly, and as a matter of law you are never required to have an attorney, though in complex or...

It depends on how the trust was written. If the trust terms provide an easy way for your wife to resign and for you to take over, document it and...

Is Power of Attorney adequate?

Technically speaking, there in no "standard" Power of Attorney form, though the state statutes do provide some language for a "Short Form." In...

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If decedent dies in SC, but all her real and personal property is in Illinois, where should probate be filed?

Probate is always filed first in a person's "domicile," which is normally the last state they lived in with the intent to make a permanent home...

Power of Attorney / Closing Accounts / Potential State Home

My assumption is that your grandmother's nursing home care going forward is to be covered by Medicaid. If that's the case, and these accounts were...

Whether you realize it or not, you are in the middle of a rather complex mechanic of probate litigation. In the current status, failure to file...