If my mom has to go into a nursing home, since she is on the deed, can the nursing home/state have any effect on the house.

Your question requires you to answer more questions in order to provide an answer. Gifting the money for closing costs, etc. can be more...

What assets can he spend down his money on? Is he permitted to transfer the bulk of his cash to a friend for his spend down?

While your friend might want to transfer his money to a friend, transferring ownership would cause problems when he applied for Medicaid long term...

My father recently died my mother has no clue what to do he was a veteran and had no credit cards only debt was 2 car payments

If the vehicles were titled in your father's name alone, an estate would have to be opened to re-title them. The liens would complicate matters in...

What can we do to protect our trusts if a relative dies before their spouse?

If the question you are asking is "Can the surviving spouse rewrite the trust of their deceased spouse?" then the short answer is "no." Only the...

My siblings and I need an estate lawyer

Sometimes things appear differently than they actually are. A lack of communication from the attorney and personal representative generally feeds...

My husband passed away without a Will and he has one adult daughter. I live in MD in my husband house and the title is only in

It is possible both you and your step daughter may have rights of ownership when all is said and done. It depends on how many other assets your...

Guardianship For disabled child about to turn 18, our son has never been able to make decisions for himself.

Guardianship is the only option where the individual is not competent to make their own decisions about who should be in charge of their finances...

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In maryland, what are estate lawyers requirements? Do they help process the estate and estate income tax?

Some will and some won't. It is important for the attorney to set forth at the outset of representation just what services will be performed and...

As a beneficiary of the will, what can i do when the one claiming to be executor of the will cant produce a copy of the will?

The stepdaughter does not have statutory priority to be PR of the estate and would have to produce a will nominating her as PR. The definition of...

Small Estate question?

The answer is that it depends. The law allows $10,000 toward funeral expenses without first having to obtain an order of court. For deaths...