My mothers will states her grandchildren receive $5K, and the balance is divided amoung her three children. There is only 15K

Sounds like you are probably on the right track - the amount available for distribution is AFTER expenses (such as filing fees, executors...

Question regarding warranty deed?

There is not enough info here to answer the question. The warranty refers to the quality of title (for lack of a better description), not who gets...

Ms. Reed offers a good answer. The attorney represents the executor and will be acting to protect the executor's interests (to keep beneficiaries...

My father's only assets are bank accounts with 'transfer on death'. Is it necessary to probate his will in court?

I agree with the other attorneys. If that is truly all there is then there is no need for probate.

My mom just died & left no will. A lawyer said that the oldest child receives 2/3of her estate & my father 1/3.is this accurate?

A quick look at Virginia's intestacy statute indicates that if there is a surviving spouse and children (at least one of whom is from someone other...

Can our sister who signed on my mom's bank acct. set up with right of survivorship ignore a will and take the entire balance?

You need an attorney to assess the situation. Generally you would have no right to a POD account as it was pass outside probate and the will would...

Trying to decide to either do a Revocable Trust or Will with two Trusts (assume -testamentary trusts) included.

If there are "trust" provisions for beneficiaries and/or tax planning (estate tax) I personally don't think there should be a great difference...

Is my Codicil to my will created by my attorney, once notarized with two witnesses, legal & enforceable in MO?

If an attorney is assisting you with your will/codicil I would hope it is typewritten and executed with the proper formalities such as...

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Do I need to probate my husband's will because he left no beneficiary on his stock holdings?

Sounds like you need to probate at least to some degree - if you have a revocable trust the will likely says to transfer the stocks to the trust.

A friend of mine passed away and the executor of his will found plenty of his un-cashed payroll checks with old dates

I find it difficult to understand how someone would not cash their payroll checks but if they did, the executor should contact the employer to see...