Can past wills be researched as I feel that family has acted dishonestly?

You don't say whether your mother and your aunt were tenants in common or joint tenant with right of survivorship, which would help us to evaluate...

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You've asked this twice. Your mother's personal debts will not become a lien on the house. The fact that your mother is a co-mortgagor does not...

Letters testamentary are issued after the court has determined that the will is valid and genuine. A probate proceeding is therefore necessary. ...

Can I contest a Will?

I'd have to see the entire will to bee able to give you meaningful advice. But I'll tell you this: If you have accurately quoted from the will,...

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If the deed lists two persons as the owners, jointly with right of survivorship, then the death of one of the persons will result in the property...

Form 56 is not required. Good luck to you.

On IRS SS4 EIN application, what should FL Administrator of NY Decedent Estate put on lines 5a, 5b & 6?

Line 5(a) specifically states "if different" -- thus, if the line 4 mailing address is the same as the street address, one would leave lines 5(a)...

Is it legal to voluntarily pay decedent's debt when there is no probate proceeding?

There is certainly nothing inherently unlawful about paying the debt of another person. You would, however, be well advised to proceed in a way...

What can I do as a beneficiary if the executor to my grandmothers will still hasn't executed it.. It has been over 12 years.

It seems to me that you're looking for a complicated answer when there's a readily-available easy answer. And that answer is that you should now...

Since intangible property travels with you, if an Estate in FL is an ITF Beneficiary on NY bank account how can estate claim it?

It seems to me that upon the death of the decedent and, thereafter, the named beneficiary, the account vests in the estate of the beneficiary. ...