Is it legal to remove someones trake without their family present if they have a living will and a POA ????

If someone has a living will, which has been given to the hospital, and it states that they don't want to be kept alive during some very specific...

Is it a legal requirement in NC that a will be registered?

Most North Carolina counties are no longer registering wills prior to death, but if your county is still allowing this, you may want to give it a...

I am executor of my mom's will which states if I die my brother will be executor. can I draw up a will that changes that?

You can't change the terms of your Mom's will. If her will states, that if you die your brother will be her executor, then your brother will be her...

In a will can you state that a child has to go to a college that meets certain guidelines in the will to receive any money?

This can absolutely be done. Under the direction of a lawyer, either use in a will with a testamentary trust or a stand alone trust. Either...

Can a home be willed to one person to own while giving another person rights to live there forever?

Your father appears to be leaving his girlfriend a life time interest in the property, with a residuary interest to you. This is legal. However,...

What is the time period to appeal a Probate Court decision?

In NC, the probate clerks are very strict when it comes to notifying the proper parties. In every probate I have been involved in, they don't allow...

Husband and wife made loan to son. When one spouse dies does 1/2 the loan have to be repaid to estate immediately?

Did your son sign a promissory note? The determination of what needs to be done will be based on the terms of that note and the position the court...

The fact that your Uncle named you in his will doesn't necessarily mean that you are entitled to an inheritance. It doesn't even mean that his will...

How is probate handled when the estate passes to the son and daugther and not the wife.

The other attorneys who answered before me gave you great advice. However, I want to add one thing, be careful. Just because the will states that...

Length of Probate

Every case is different, just because the estate is small and the will is simple, does not mean that the length of probate will be shorter. Probate...