I need to change A NAME ON A ONGOING SETTLEMENT CASE.

A WV attorney will have to give you more specifics but generally you need to have a substitute administrator named (your brother for your step...

Does the wife of the deceased have to have her husband's will probated if there are no children and she is the heir in Fla.

What state was the deceased a resident of? That will have a bearing on what needs to be done. Also the size of the probate estate can have a...

D4A trust

I think there would need to be much more info to really answer this question: Being that expenses for the beneficiary's care are charged against...

Life Insurance

I am a NJ and PA attorney specializing in estate planning. I believe that you simply need to sit down with an attorney and draft an appropriate...

My sister and i jointly own a property we are selling do we pay capital gains tax

This is not tax or legal advice as there are a number of factors which go into answering this question with certainty. However, if you received...

If you have questions about the validity of a will, you should hire counsel to assess the situation and quickly approach the executor to protect...

I received a 1099a from morg. assn. Do I need to put this on my taxes?

The prior attorney is spot on. You may or may not actually have a tax burden related to this 1099 but you need a professional to assist you to...

Federal income tax benefits of marriage for high income couple

I agree that you would have to do a more detailed analysis of what your returns would look like in the scenarios. There is really no definitive...

Can a step parent take owership of the house if my original parent died? Don't i have rights to partially own my house?

It depends what the deed says. In most places you can find deeds as public record and see if the house is owned by your stepmother. If the deed...

My brother and I are coexecutors of our parents living trust. Under what legal terms a I obligated to complete the trust?

Firstly, you would be the successor trustee under most living trusts (although you may also be the executor of a will if they have one, such as a...