A Trustee has fiduciary duties owed to your mother who established the trust for a specific purpose. Any breach of such duty (i.e., his theft) is...

No, a minor has to be the same age to buy cigarettes as to buy matches.

Can I sell?

You don't provide enough information about whether or not stepdad has any interest legally in the home (i.e. did your Mother have a will whereby...

When a lawyer withdraws as counsel as personal representative.

Your facts are incomplete on a couple items so let me just raise my thoughts to hopefully give you some additional context to figure this...

How does a probate court validate a will even if there are no objections?

In New York, the Surrogate's Court would expect to see a submission which is called a Petition for Probate (Form P-1). The Petition would be...

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What you are focused on is asset protection and it would start with putting your business interests in separate LLC's or corporations. Such a...

There are no differences other than professional licensed people (doctors, lawyers, engineers, CPA's, etc.) would form a PLLC whereas non licensed...

Forming an LLC will not save you any income taxes as compared to reporting such income personally as a sole proprietor. However, the formation of...

Do you pay taxes twice when you have a SMLLC?

You need to distinguish the type of taxes. The self employment tax is the equivalent of an employee and employer paying FICA on W-2 wages. This is...

First of all it is probably not a living trust. Perhaps a parent (original grantor who contributes the assets) started a trust while living and...