Avoid blood-related relatives in the will?

Only a person who would have received part of the estate if there had not been a will or who was included in a previous will would have standing to...

How should my grandmother proceed?

Your grandmother has no claim against her mother-in-law's estate if she is not named in the will and wasn't the remainderman of a testamentaey...

You have two choices: (1) Tell that beneficiary that the more you have to defend yourself against unwarranted allegations, the more the estate's...

Who inherits when there is no will?

The children of predeceased siblings step into their parents' shoes. Thus, if one predeceased sibling is survived by three children, those three...

How do I handle a lawyer I’ve never heard of, who is acting on my behalf? My brother and I are co-executors of our Dad's estate.

There are several things you need to know. First, if your brother had a felony conviction (which sounds as though it may be the case), then he...

My mother was not competent and had dementia. my sister changed her will one week before my mothers death. is this legal?

I'm assuming that the new will was already granted probate and that you did not object to it. If that is the case, you have an exceedingly task...

My husband is the heir to his sisters estate . Relatives with keys have went in and helped themselves to thing what should he do

An executor has a fiduciary duty to the estate. That means that there is a special duty of care. As a first step, your husband (perhaps with...

It's not clear whether it's too late to challenge the will, since you don't indicate enough information about the timetable. It sounds like there...

Recovering assets stolen by an executor?

You've been fed some bad information. First, assuming the $95,000 was actually stolen, it's unlikely to cost anything close to $95,000 to recover...

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California Man dies without a will. Never married, no children, parents no longer living.

Each sibling (or the sibling's children) constitute one third of the estate. Thus, the two living siblings would each get one third of the estate...