My mom has passed away August 18th 2016 my sister Kathy is the executor she won't talk to me and I don't even know where my mom

Obviously, I do not have a copy of the Will to review. If the Will says the proceeds splits 4 ways at your mother's death, and your brother was...

Is it a standard practice when representing an estate to payout large sums of funds without prior notice to the excutors.

Unless the attorney is one of the executors I am puzzled as to how he had signing rights on the estate's checkbook to pay the bill. We often keep...

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Do the only one beneficary on the will gets it all?

The facts in this question are very vague. Are her parents alive or deceased? Was there a Will or a revocable trust? Was her name on accounts...

Can the children make the decision in a mother's cancer care

Mr. Ferrante is quite correct. Absent any document granting someone the power to make healthcare decisions for her, the statute under the facts...

Does an IRA with 2 beneficiaries need rolled into an estate account to pay remaining estate bills in PA?

As long as the estate is not the beneficiary of the IRA, it passes to the named beneficiaries. If you don't have an attorney, you need to get one...

Why do attorneys say I cannot request PA small estate procedures if I've already probated the will and received Letters?

It is true that the statute states that the court in its discretion MAY allow the petition . However, I have never seen it done, nor do I know why...

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Can I cash gift my brother and I once our mother becomes incapacitated?

They are absolutely correct. Just because you can make a gift doesn't mean that you can ignore federal Medicaid law which has a 5 year look back...

Id like to explore setting up a revocable trust that is a hybrid of the credit shelter and spendthrift trusts.

You need to speak with a skilled estate planning attorney. Your Will can be revised to include trusts at your death to hold the proceeds from life...

My aunt died in CA. I live in PA and am the trustee of her bypass trust. Do I retain a CA or PA attorney?

Some of what you state is a bit confusing. If you are a trustee of a by-pass trust, that indicates that someone died and this is the trust that...

What happens if you disagree with the appraisal amount of a house you are bequeathed a percentage of?

I agree with Mr. Ferrante. Spend a couple hundred dollars and have your own appraisal done. I have had to do this in estates that I administer. ...