My mom passed away her will states all assets are spilt equally between my sister and I - my sister was named sole beneficiary?

There are potentially 2 types of assets when someone dies - probate (assets in a persons name alone with no beneficiary designation) and...

Both parents passed last year and I am the First Successor Trustee.

California has very different probate laws from PA. EJ is asking you to probate in CA. You need to post your question so a CA estate administration...

If you were adopted you are your grandmother’s child for inheritance purposes even if biologically you are a grandchild. Aside from the fact you...

A 46 year old in Pa. is to receive 30 k from deceased grandfathers annunities as abeneficary, She has MS and is on social sec. d

Your person's SSDI will be totally unaffected by the receipt of the inheritance. If she also receives SSI or is on Medicaid (not Medicare) the...

I agree with my colleagues. Married to each other or not - it doesn’t matter. The concern cited about them being beneficiaries goes to the...

Yes you can write your own Will. No, it does not have to be notarized so long as you die in PA and two people are willing to go to the Register’s...

How would I go about writing up a will as to where I would like my children to go if something were to happen to me?

PA law accepts a writing that is testamentary in nature and signed and dated "at the end thereof" as a valid Will. Witnesses and notary are not...

My mother passed away without a will, no named executor. I'm handling the estate. best way to begin settling credit card debts?

You have not said if you have probated yet. You will need to probate an intestate (without a Will) estate. Because you are speaking about debts,...

How do I have an administrator of estate remove?

If your father died without a spouse then all children of your father must sign a renunciation to permit your brother to serve as administrator....

What do I do if I no longer want to be the executrix of my deceased parents?

If the attorney is done and took the estate to audit, presumably he/she file a schedule with the accounting and the petition for adjudication that...