The way it usually works is that the executor retains an estates attorney by entering into an engagement letter that sets out the compensation...

Is it legal for just the siblings living in the probated home to pay the mortgage or do all siblings need to pay it?

The tenants shoud be paying fair market rent for the premises to the estate. The estate then pays the mortgage and real estate taxes. Utilities...

Both attorneys offer sound advice. Book value is not what is looked to; it is the fair market value as stated by the previous attorney. Get a...

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My dad had no will so what right do I have as his only child?

As Mr. Frederick points out more facts are needed. Get with an estates attorney in the state where dad resided at his death to get defintive...

If I let me attorney go, how long will it take for him to give me the Net Proceeds of an estate that I am the Administrator of?

He needs to issue you a final bill for work performed and then release the funds immediately. Get a new estates attorney immediately because this...

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Both attorney offer sound advice. But you really need to meet with your own estates attorney who regularly deals with these matters. You need...

My son in law has been found incompetent by the v.a. how does he make his wife his power of attorney

If he is not legally capable then he cannot draft a now POA. If one giving mom the power was drafted when he competent, this is the controlling...

Probate only relates to assets that were in the decedent's name alone without a beneficiary designation. Here these assets pass to you by...

My dad passed away 11-11-10. What is the deadline for probating his will as we have not done it as yet?

Mr Paxton offers sound advice. Probate the estate immediately. The rule is that a US citizen is taxed on his wordwide income for income tax...

In PA, If attorney/executor tells you, in writing, that a distribution will be made are they required to make that distribution?

It sounds like the attorney made a mistake. The reality is that distributions are made at the end of an estates administration when all debts,...