Is a notarized debt promise admissable into an estate administration/ probate?

If it is a real debt that can be fully documented and proved, then it is an asset of the estate.

Sometimes the toughest thing to determine when it comes to estate planning is who should be fiduciaries ( executors, trustees, guardians). I am...

This arrangement was doomed to fail from the very beginning. It is almost never a good idea to have three people inherit one asset and then hope...

The Social Security Administration (SSA) can only go by filed tax returns. So you would have to file those tax returns for the years in question...

These are tough questions. However, from an income tax perspective if you sell why she is alive you will calculate gain based on her current basis...

If you filed a fictitious name it would be with the Corporation Bureau in Harrisburg, PA. You can do an online search at their website to see if...

Actually, estates in PA usually take at least a year. Distributions from an estate to beneficiaries are one of the last steps in the estate...

Is a joint state(Pennsylvania) tax refund part of a person’s gross estate?

If you are due a PA refund based on a joint return then one way to do this would be to allocate the refund between you and the estate based on each...

As long as you have fully completed the Offer In Compromise terms and conditions to the letter, then it should not be disturbed or changed. This...

Are Trust ever re revoked and how much will it cost to do it. ?

You do not give specific dates as to your mother's death, onset of dementia, when the trust was drafted, etc. In a case like this when timing...