Ms. Rabin is correct. And no you are not too late to hire a lawyer. You don't need an "elder" attorney necessarily but you certainly need an...

Re: Will Settlement How can we get our Pennsylvania attorney to finish and distribute the last $17,000 of my mother's estate?

He may be legitimately busy but if that is the only reason for the hold up you should communicate with him again to make clear that you either need...

I would assume (or hope) that you are using the services of an attorney to help you. If not I would stop and do so. I would also hope that you are...

You can file a claim in the probate court to have the account deemed a "convenience" account. This is a very fact specific inquiry so you need a...

Yes your parents estate (probably the second one to die) could sue the deceased tenant's estate from the sound of it.

A petition to have a guardian appointed requires a written deposition from an examining physician or psychiatrist/psychologist.

Is there a minimum when you don't have to file for inheritance tax?

The small estate procedure is of little help in most situations so we usually just open probate. Inheritance tax will have to be filed regardless....

Mother was left everything in husbands will, then children. She has dementia. Do all children have any rights if Mother dies?

If everything is in mother's name her documents would control. If she no longer has capacity she cannot change the documents. The agent under the...

The joint account would pass to the surviving joint owner upon death. However if you could prove that he just added her for "convenience" (akin to...

I believe you are referring to the exclusion of 3,000 per transferee for gifts made WITHIN 1 Year of death (see below). There are more detailed...