This is obviously a tricky situation, and you may wish to retain counsel simply to draft some basic documents so that you are protected in...

Our dad passed Away 2months ago. Can my sister or I be held liable for any of his debts? medical or credit card. We live in CT .

If the debts are solely in your father's name, you cannot be held liable for them.

With respect to safe deposit boxes, there will likely be a record of annual fees being paid, either by the decedent in life, or the estate if it...

Can a spouse hide assets in a foreign bank account or offshore trust by using a different spelling of his name?

There is nothing inherently illegal about having bank accounts in foreign nations or in holding them in a manner not publicly discoverable,...

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I am a widow . The only thing that is not in my name was the car. Does the will give me power of attorney to sell the car?

My condolences on your loss. I can understand why you might not be inclined to hire an estate attorney, in this instance. By itself, a will...

The decedents will leaves specific bequest to his children yet all assets are in the name of his revocable trust.

This seems like an example of "overplanning" gone awry. As noted above, a will only determines the distribution of the probate estate, from which...

Should we apply for Medicaid now to help pay for a nursing home, given that my parents have savings in the bank?

The reason for the nursing home's persistence is that they know that applying for Medicaid/MassHealth for long-term care can be a drawn out...

Why can't my Mom keep a full $14250 in assets?

The short answer is that medicaid is designed to only cover the poorest of people, and with $14,000 your mother isn't among that...

Attorney Fromm's answer is accurate, but by way of elaboration, there are two tax returns to be concerned with. A person's final tax year, in...

Strictly speaking, repayment of a loans out of sales proceeds is not a disqualifying transaction for MedicAID lookback, however to achieve that...