Is it normal to sign a notorized document before you receive your inheritance; stating that you already have received???

While I don't disagree with the other attorneys, sometimes the release will state "has received, or will receive" ... you may want exchange the...

We are looking at doing an amendment to our trust, a question regarding the term children came up, and lawful issue of the body.

I agree that you should be as explicit as possible. On another note I am surprised that just because your attorney retired you are considering...

The IRS sent me a notice about changes on my 2012 taxes, now i am getting billed $40,000 from them from money i didnt earn.

Depending on where you are in the process, you should see a tax attorney and appeal the assessment or audit. If you can prove this was improper...

Not to disspoint you but this is probably how this will go: You hired them to prepare your 2013 taxes. H&R (and any preparer for that matter) was...

If my mother has only a few stocks of little value, is it necessary to engage an attorney to probate her will?

Depends on the value of the estate. Pennsylvania has a small estate procedure. The attached link provides a good explanation. You still have...

Gay Marriage and estate planning in South Carolina. Will South Carolina reject my Will if I married in NYC?

My first impression is simple: You can leave your estate to whomever you wish whether they are called your spouse or not, or whether that spouse is...

Question regarding PA Inheritance Tax

Very sorry for your situation as you go through a difficult time. Since your brother survived your father, his share of father's estate vested and...

Question about contesting a last-minute will change?

Certainly sounds fishy. The tough thing about these matters is proof - although if a beneficiary had been in place for so long and there was a...

My boyfriend was left an ira & life ins. from his brother in pa. pa wants him to pay taxes what happens if he doesnt pay he livs

If the decedent was a PA resident, his assets passing to his sibling are subject to PA inheritance tax. Does he have to pay? Yes. And it is a...

Can I be named the administrator of my late mother's estate without letters of renunciation from my father and brother?

If the closest heirs at law are the her surviving husband and your brother and they do not renounce you would have to file a Petition for Citation...