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If you have not been named trustee of a trust in your family but are involved in it ...how do you go about getting a copy of it

Steven's answer | Answered on November 02, 2014

I am not clear if you are a trustee of this trust, but if you are a beneficiary of the trust you are entitled to a copy of the trust. If someone...

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Shoud I place my real estate and automobile in a Trust account,

Steven's answer | Answered on November 02, 2014

If you are in the process of contemplating your estate planning what you should do is sit down with an estate planning attorney to go over all your...

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Is there a way to ask to ask the probate court to do an audit on a estate.

Steven's answer | Answered on November 02, 2014

I would advise you to hire a lawyer in the area where the probate is and request an accounting. After that happens you can make objections and...

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My uncle is dead. Have I rights on part of his property?

Steven's answer | Answered on November 02, 2014

You might start by contacting the local probate office (each county has an office and it would be the county where he resided at his death most...

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I have often heard that in the case of husband's child from former marriage has legal right over his now wife's standing .

Steven's answer | Answered on November 02, 2014

If he has a valid will, that controls. When there is a will, a child does not have an automatic right to inherit. In the absence of a will the...

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How should joint bank accounts be handled when settling an estate?

Steven's answer | Answered on November 02, 2014

The presumption is that joint accounts, upon the death of a joint owner, become the property of the surviving joint account holder(s). To rebut...

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Will of inheritance with home in a trust

Steven's answer | Answered on November 02, 2014

Firstly, you have to look at the will(s) and trust document(s) and see what they say and you also have to determine who owns what and therefore...

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I was willed half of an estate and the other half is also named executed of the estate. She has done nothing to try to put it in

Steven's answer | Answered on November 02, 2014

Well, you can hope that it happens, or you can write a polite letter...or you can hire an attorney to help you initiate proceedings against him. ...

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I am being asked for my SS# & DOB by the executor, whom I am not on good terms with. What documents do they need to provide me?

Steven's answer | Answered on November 01, 2014

While you do have to provide your personal information for the estate to be administered, the request should come more formally and the executor...

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Receive disability I would like to place my inheritance in a fund that I can access if needed, not lose disability/medication

Steven's answer | Answered on November 01, 2014

The two other attorneys gave you good answers - you need to be sure what type of benefits you are receiving to make a decision about whether an...

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If you have not been named trustee of a trust in your family but are involved in it ...how do you go about getting a copy of it

Shoud I place my real estate and automobile in a Trust account,

Is there a way to ask to ask the probate court to do an audit on a estate.

My uncle is dead. Have I rights on part of his property?

I have often heard that in the case of husband's child from former marriage has legal right over his now wife's standing .

How should joint bank accounts be handled when settling an estate?

Will of inheritance with home in a trust

I was willed half of an estate and the other half is also named executed of the estate. She has done nothing to try to put it in

I am being asked for my SS# & DOB by the executor, whom I am not on good terms with. What documents do they need to provide me?

Receive disability I would like to place my inheritance in a fund that I can access if needed, not lose disability/medication