I have general questions about Wills and the Probate process...

Yes, all wills need to be probated. While there is no set time frame to do this, the longer one waits, the more complicated the proceeding can...

Our home was refinanced in my husband name because his credit was better than mine. He passed away this year.What happens now?

There are two issues here: (1) In whose name is the mortgage note?; and (2) in whose name is the house? You refer to the mortgage until the last...

Do I need a real estate attorney?

Mr. Davis gives you good advice. If your husband and brother-in-law are are listed as part owners of their father's real property, then the...

In New York State, how and when is the value of securities determined after death? Can the executors choose when to liquidate?

When a person dies, all of his or her assets pass into the person's estate. It is at that moment that assets are valued for purposes of estate...

My father just passed away. His wife of 35 years has said nothing to me about a will.

First, I am sorry for your loss. Ms. Santaella and Ms. Johnson give you good advice. You might wish to make inquiry of your father's wife as to...

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In Florida probate court can decedent's estate obtain declaratory order as jud. not. of the facts, evidence, conclusions of law?

Questions about res judicata effect, collateral estoppel, and the effect of a court taking judicial notice of a particular set of facts is not...

Is it necessary to go to Probate for my parent's house (that is in both my parent's names) now that my father has passed away?

First, I am sorry for your loss. If indeed the house was held as a joint tenancy or as a tenancy by the entirety (the latter being, essentially, a...

You're not going to find a lawyer who will work for free in order to make sure that his or her clients will collect money as a result of the...

Someone loaded me money in 2006, we never did an agreement. They passed away in 2011.

Let me rephrase your question: "I borrowed money from someone, who subsequently died. I don't want to repay the money. The estate is threatening...

If I was addressed as an "Estate Member" of a life insurance policy from a deceased father-in-law, am I an actual Estate member?

I've never heard of the phrase "estate member"; unless that is terminology used in your state (which I doubt). An estate is not a club, and a...