Is there any way to share inheritance without gift tax or effecting Medicaid eligibility

If she receives money and gives it to the kids be putting it in her and their joint names then it will be a gift and a transfer subject to the...

Who can be executor of estate?

Did your father have a Will? If there was a Will then the Will should indicate who the executor is. If no will then there is a list of people...

Do I, as executor and beneficiary, have to file a final accounting if there is only one other beneficiary?

I always recommend that the executor do some form of accounting (whether formal or informal) and show the beneficiaries how all assets were spent....

How much value (money and property) is protected in an intestate estate from creditors? He lived in New York State.

Nothing is "protected" from creditors. If you want to avoid credits, you should set up an asset protection trust. When a person dies, his estate is...

What does the court need in order to make someone the administrator of an estate when there is no last will & testament?

To file for estate administration, you need to fill out the forms, and bring a death certificate, a copy of a paid funeral bill, and, where...

My mother passed in January, how is it possible that the deed was placed in trust with 2 sisters

You should start by obtaining a copy of the trust. Then you may want to either set aside the trust or compel a distribution of the trust assets....

How can we as parents get power of attorney our dying daugh?

You may want to bring a guardianship proceeding and also obtain a temporary restraining order against the son

Listed as deceased in a will ?

The answer depends on how the Will is exactly worded. Does it say per stripes at the end of the sentence referring to the children? You may...

If you are trying to obtain medicaid, then you are likely giving up control of your assets. If you put the assets into a medicaid assets protection...

The siblings should work this out amongst themselves. Otherwise it will cost a lot of money in surrogates court and waste the estate. Why not a...