What happens to sales taxes, corporate taxes, payroll taxes owed by a S-Corp after filing for bankruptcy? Are they discharged?

Some taxes are dischargeable in bankruptcy while some are not. Here you and your partner would be obligated personally for sales taxes and some of...

If the house is a trust asset, then the trustee has the duty to maintain, protect and preserve any trust asset. So it would appear that your...

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If a father purchased a CD in trust for his adult daughter, can he change the owner ship to joint?

If he owns it jointly and he originally owned the asset then it is still considered his for estate tax purposes. Generally, states vary but joint...

Can I prevent addicted niece from drugging by putting inheritance in trust until shes clean 2 yrs/or direct it to her treatment?

You need to carefully draft a trust that spells out the conditions for distribution of income and principal to her. So if she is sober after so...

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Can i claim my daughters this year on taxes?

For the detailed rules in this area please review my legal guide entitled DIVORCED OR SEPARATED PARENTS-DETERMINATION OF DEPENDENCY EXEMPTION at my...

How can 1 gain access to info on what funds/belongings are available for someone that has died to know whether to hire a lawyer?

If the estate has not been probated, you should race to the court house and get yourself named as the administrator. If this has already taken...

What do you do when the attorney you have hired is not communicating with you the heirs to get questions answered.

Wow! Five years and you are now getting worried. Immediately, and I mean, on Monday, you need to get with an estates attorney to represent you...

In West VA, does the power of attorney need to live in WV or can the designated PoA live in another state?

This is usually permissible in most states. However, the cost to have a POA is not great, so you should recommend that they have this document...

My father died in Tulsa, Okla about 25 years ago. Recently I did some research and found that he has unclaimed property there. I

You need to go to the county court house at their register of wills (or probate court, or whatever it is called in his state) where he last resided...

How do I go about getting a permanent guardianship reversed?

You need to go back to your attorney who is familiar with your case and discuss your options. Hope this helps. If you think this post was...