My father had a will prepared in a lawyers office by a lawyer.

A handwritten (Known as "holographic") will can be valid in PA. You state the key question which is that you don't know his state of mind when he...

Short answer based on what you say - the answer is No. Unless the trustee is a beneficiary of the trust.

What happens if a car is inpounded and the person that owns the car is deaceased

If the owner is deceased you likely have to open an estate for the deceased person to have legal authority to get the car. You will need the death...

Can my brother sell my dad's house without giving my siblings and I a cut?

If he is acting as agent under a power of attorney for your father he has an obligation to act in your father's interests (not his own). You can...

In Pennsylvania, can cousin take my name off the deed of property that his mother and my father owned this property together ?

There are many missing facts. If *for example* the house was owned as JOINT TENANTS WITH RIGHT OF SURVIVORSHIP and your father died first, then the...

Can the bank come after me for the balance of my late husbands car loan after I relinquished the car?

You have not given enough information to determine if there is an estate or if it needs to be opened. If there is an estate (basically meaning...

How do I file an amended return for the 2017 tax year?

There are many resources on the IRS website. But even though you say you can't afford it, it would be much smarter to just use an accountant.

Might be easier to simply take your executor's commission (although that is taxable income). Not sure for what purpose you are submitting this - an...

Can a executor refuse to give only one of three beneficiary their money & request them to sign a release of liability?

Without knowing the specific facts or seeing actual documents it is impossible to give you an answer. However I will say that executors should...

There is a difference between making you a shareholder/member/partner in his business, and putting his business interests in the trust. More than...