I agree with the collective responses from the attorneys above. Seeing that your question is from the Pittsburgh area, FYI the county charges...

Can an irrevocable trust established in the husbands name only as part of his mothers estate be considered marital property?

Since you are talking about putting substantial assets into a trust, I assume that you have trust counsel involved, and you should certainly pose...

The Garn St. Germain Act will often permit you to transfer the home to the trust without activating the Due on Transfer clause in the Line of...

If I understand your question correctly, your mother named your sister as a direct beneficiary of the three annuities. As a result, it doesn't...

Most likely, this is being done in order to provide clear title for the home. If your Aunt wants to sell the home, for example, the buyer wants to...

As mentioned above, the Agent under a Power of Attorney document can not use that authority to execute a new Will. If, however, the person for...

Tax information for my live in boyfriend of 8 years.

John, Barbara and Rochelle above have all provided helpful and correct answers, which points out the complexity of seemingly simple questions in...

You need an attorney. I answer a lot of questions with a mere suggestion to consider counsel, but if I had over 150k on the line, I'd go straight...

Can I write my own simple will in MA and leave out seemingly unrelated clauses?

As attorneys, we obviously want clients to consult an attorney about their estate planning. Wills are unique documents, in that they don't have any...

My sibling is the trustee and there's 7 beneficiaries she says the will says she can lease the house and treat as she owns it .

If the trust provides for outright distribution of trust assets, rather than being retained in trust shares for continued protection of the...