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What are some examples of revenge trusts.

Carol's answer | Answered on January 23, 2014

Leave all your money in trust to your dog.

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I need to transfer a deed from my deceased mother's living trust to a beneficiary in FL. Do I need an attorney to do this?

Carol's answer | Answered on January 22, 2014

Get the advice of a trusts attorney. You, as trustee, have fiduciary duties to the trust and the beneficiaries. Where what you are doing MAY be...

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What are trusts that more than the trustee knows about the trust.

Carol's answer | Answered on January 22, 2014

Your question is not asking what you think it is. It doesn't make any sense at all. That said, in reading your comments to Attorney Doland's...

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After a foreclosure the loan servicing company sent me a check. It was from my mortgage insurance company. What should I do?

Carol's answer | Answered on January 22, 2014

Is it possible that the check was from money that the bank was holding in escrow to pay the PMI and/or taxes? Typically, lender's will set up an...

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What tax forms and where can i get information on the filing of tax on an irrevocable trust?

Carol's answer | Answered on January 22, 2014

I am sorry for your loss. If you are just looking for how to file the appropriate returns, here are a couple of IRS links that should be helpful;...

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Hi... I had mortgage with my ex husband 13 yrs ago.. He has now died and my name was removed from the deed but not the mortgage

Carol's answer | Answered on January 22, 2014

If your name is still on the mortgage you are responsible for the mortgage, regardless of your status as regards the deed. If you want the...

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When can a lis pendens be filed?

Carol's answer | Answered on January 22, 2014

If the lawsuit is relating to a potential lien against the property or damages that results in a judgment, then a lis pendens would serve to warn...

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Is it normal for a buyer of real property to get his own title insurance?

Carol's answer | Answered on January 22, 2014

It depends upon the type of conveyance and the circumstances surrounding it. Why would that matter to you in a QT action? Are they defendants to...

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I inherited over $200,000 and $100,000 of it we bought stock with is it community property being it was bought with inheritance

Carol's answer | Answered on January 22, 2014

Sigh. Inheritance monies should ALWAYS be kept separate from marital funds. In this case, the monies that you commingled and used to pay off bills...

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Does my family need to hire an attorney to settle my mom's will? She is debt free, the will equally divides amongst 4 siblings.

Carol's answer | Answered on January 21, 2014

Unless the investments and banking accounts are TOD or POD, you will have to have an attorney file a probate proceeding for you. Florida law...

Carol Anne Johnson's Answers (3218)

What are some examples of revenge trusts.

I need to transfer a deed from my deceased mother's living trust to a beneficiary in FL. Do I need an attorney to do this?

What are trusts that more than the trustee knows about the trust.

After a foreclosure the loan servicing company sent me a check. It was from my mortgage insurance company. What should I do?

What tax forms and where can i get information on the filing of tax on an irrevocable trust?

Hi... I had mortgage with my ex husband 13 yrs ago.. He has now died and my name was removed from the deed but not the mortgage

When can a lis pendens be filed?

Is it normal for a buyer of real property to get his own title insurance?

I inherited over $200,000 and $100,000 of it we bought stock with is it community property being it was bought with inheritance

Does my family need to hire an attorney to settle my mom's will? She is debt free, the will equally divides amongst 4 siblings.