How do you begin to contest a will? What are the odds of success? What kind of evidence do we need to contest a will?

I'm very sorry for your situation. You appear to have two available challenges to the will: (a) undue influence by the sister; and (b) lack of...

My boys are named in the will of my ex husband, there is real property such as tractors and that type of stuff, and LAND.

First of all, I am assuming that your ex-husband has passed away and that his wife is in possession of his original will. If these assumptions are...

My father passed away in 2011 in Ohio. I know he had a will but it was never filed with probate. How do I get a copy?

I am sorry for your loss. It is possible that your step-mother did inherit everything if the assets were held by she and your father as "joint...

Siblings own a house now that the parents passed one doesn't want the house ????

In Connecticut, you would bring a "partition action" in the Superior Court. Once you prove to the Court that you have an interest in the property,...

My father has terminal brain cancer. How does my mother get appointed to be over the finances too. She is on the Living Will.

I am very sorry for your circumstances. With respect to jointly owned assets, your mother can access those at any time. For your father's...

A step-up in basis is available on a person's assets at the time of death, whether or not there is a TOD designation. However, to avoid probate,...

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In KS can you sell farm ground from an estate before the letters of testamentarty are filed if you are the excutor??

Here in Connecticut, you would need to be appointed as the Executor by the Probate Court prior to being able to sell real property that was owned...

In Connecticut probate will it cause problems if the attorney is changed? We are dealing with Connecticut Probate.

Under Connecticut law, you and your sister, acting as co-Executors, are each entitled to an attorney who would be paid from estate assets. Since...

MOM DIED 11/2011. ... HOW FAR BACK CAN EXECUTOR LOOK BACK IN DETERMINING CLOSING ESTATE? BROTHER CAUSING PROBLEMS....

Sadly, it is very difficult to provide you with solid advice given the number of moving parts in your question. I strongly urge you to sit down...

Is a "power of attorney" binding, if the party took it off the internet, and had their Mom sign it, & 2 neighbors witness it?

Unfortunately, elder abuse is increasingly common. If the daughter obtained the Power of Attorney through undue influence and steals from her...