Joint Tenant with right to survivorship

He can do it, but it won't have an effect. The JTWROS will trump the will language. Your state law may differ but I've seen a couple rare cases...

Under New Jersey law, can a tax sale on real estate be stopped or stayed if it is under contract for sale.

Even if someone buys the tax lien, there is no way they will complete the foreclosure on the tax lien by the time the closing takes place. The...

My sister and I just sold and settled on my grandmother's property that she left to us. We split the proceeds from the house.

There is nothing you've stated in your post that sounds off or improper. If a person advanced funds not part of the estate for things like a...

My mother passed on leaving me as the executor of her estate. I am probating the will in order to gain title to the house...

If beneficiaries could simply change what people wished to happen, writing wills wouldn't make too much sense, would it? While there are times when...

Typically in New Jersey, if you are a residuary beneficiary the estate would be closed by informal agreement/release. If you refuse to sign the...

Am I entitled to my deceased father's share of his estate if he didn't have a will or does his wife inherit it all?

I would add that it is possible, and in fact likely, that they owned assets together jointly with right of survivorship (home, accounts) and she...

Can you be considered common law marriage if you do not use the same last name and have been filing taxes separately?

It is possible you are considered common law married. Although filing taxes separately probably doesn't help. Common law marriage was abolished in...

ESTATE TAX

The answer is it depends on if the person who died had a will with a "tax allocation" clause. If the estate you are dealing with involves the...

You certainly can do what you want to do here. Remember once your son gets the funds clear of trust he can do whatever he wants to do with it so...

Who should be legal beneficiaries?

Ms. Stewart gives you the correct answer...it is not so much what you think is fair but depends on the law.