Which one is better for a rental property? A trust or LLC in MA.

You should sit down with an attorney to review all of your personal and business interests and see how this interplays with your estate plan and...

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There is bidding yes. You buy the lien including any costs associated with it....following that you have to wait 2 years to foreclose as the owner...

How long is trustee-executor / his lawyer allowed to delay replying to mail from beneficiary before this is considered refusing

I'm not sure in what context you are trying to determine this...are you under the impression that if the estate representative does not respond to...

My mother has a bank account but doesn't have a will & testament, can the government obtain the account if she would to pass?

It is very unlikely it would "go to the state." If she dies without a will and the account is in just her name, it will go through probate under...

An insurance company is trying to pay a claim to my father's estate, who past in 1997. His wife was executor of his estate.

If the woman he was married to at his death is not your mother, potentially both she and you have a share of his estate. If the check goes to the...

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Should not be a problem - is it real estate in another state? If there is an issue and the principal is still competent you may need/be able to do...

If you have a will and sell a house in PA - do you have to pay probate tax before dividing the property as per the will ?

Probate fees are calculated based on the value of all the probate property (fair market value as of the date of death). The ultimate disposition...

Sure does. Everything owned by the decedent alone that passes under the will is part of the probate estate.

If my husdand passed and his truck is in my sons name because he's Jr. and he has the title and key's.

Absent some other facts, if the title is in your son's name, it is his truck.

Dad's caring for Stepmother with dementia She's unable to make $ decisions He wants me to be in charge $ if he is unable ??

If she is still considered competent, she can make a power of attorney with a list of agents and adding you after Dad. If she is not competent,...