Will the establishment of a verbal contract about an heirloom help in a case where the other party is now deceased?

Mr. Pippen gives you good advice. The decedent's desires are relevant, but only if those desires are memorialized in a will. And what...

I am being harassed by a retirement company coming after me for payments made to deceased parents bank account. Am i safe?

If there's no estate, there's no corpus from which the company can be paid. Period. Good luck to you.

My husband passed away. We have a Will. He has a checking account that is under his name and they need a Letter of Office.

First, I am sorry for your loss. Now, turning to the substance of your posting: If you go to a restaurant, you'll know how much a burger is,...

If there is no will written by deceased, how his insurance and IRA is distributed among surviving siblings under NY State laws.

First, I am sorry for your loss. It's difficult to respond to your posting, not just because there are a lot of important facts that are missing,...

Estate Executor-Heir Question; How can an executor of an estate sell tenants in common property without a full legal battle?

If I correctly understand your posting, a parcel of real estate has been bequeathed to two or more siblings, who each became tenants-in-common, and...

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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.

I am a NY attorney and cannot advise you as to your state's laws, but I can offer general information that may be helpful. First, it's usually...

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As with most contracts, if you want to make it binding, you should hire an attorney to draft it. You can all hire a single attorney if each of you...

My father passed away and the house was in both his name and my mother. How do we go about adding my name instead?

When you say the house was in both your parents' names, I am assuming that it was a tenancy by the entirety (or a joint tenancy, which is,...

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My dad passed away and his will left his children nothing but he has a lawsuit going on his wife has served us to go to court to

Mr. Rothstein and Ms. Siegel offer, as usual, good advice. A parent is not obligated to leave his or her children anything, but it is unusual for...

One thing that all of we lawyers learn early on is that every dispute has at least two sides . . . and some disputes have more sides than a...

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